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Emil Avdaliani

The new China-Iran agreement prompts as many questions as answers. One thing is clear: China has taken action at a time when the U.S. is winding down its presence in the Middle East.
Belarus is the last state on Russia’s western border not to have experienced a popular revolution since the 1990s, but revolutionary fervor is growing there.
As the death rate rises across its far-flung territories, the situation is prompting questions about the nation’s proposed constitutional changes.
As time goes on, China will find it increasingly difficult to stay above the Mideast fray, leading to increased instability in its relationship with the United States.
The Syrian theater exemplifies Russo-Iranian cooperation, but there are other theaters in which Moscow and Tehran have cooperated for years.
As competition grows more intense between the United States and China, Moscow must assess which side will do more to help it solve its problems across the former Soviet space.
To contain this immense geographic sphere, Russian leaders have had to expend enormous financial, military, and political resources.