After the Paris Massacre: What will this change?
France's response to the terrorist attacks shows strength and unity, but also underlying anger.
Archive: 2015
Kazakhstan and the Eurasian Economic Union: The view from Astana
The EEU is President Nursultan Nazarbaev’s pet project, but membership carries risks for Kazakhstan
When America Simply Shrugs
Observations of a vacillating, hesitating superpower does not yet amount to the international community buying into the theory of America’s “decline.”
Encouraging regional ownership of the fight against the Islamic State
The West needs to push regional actors to assume their responsibilities in confronting the threat posed by IS
The Islamic State through regional lens
This series examines the reaction of key Middle Eastern actors, as well as looking at European policy options, the dynamics driving IS itself, and the impact within Syria and Iraq respectively.
After the Paris Massacre: Behind the violence
What’s missing from the debate across Europe is any real analysis of the root causes driving outbursts of violence like we’ve seen in Paris
After the Paris Massacre: It’s politics, not religion
We must not make the mistake of building trenches and hate when what we need are bridges and effective policies
What can go wrong for Europe in 2015?
Two all-too-plausible scenarios could turn 2015 into an annus horribilis for the Union
Armenia and the Eurasian Economic Union: The view from Yerevan
With the EEU presenting more obstacles than opportunities, Armenia’s best hope is a prudent exit strategy
After the election victory, a change of image for Japan and Shinzo Abe?
Prime Minister Abe’s image, whether deserved or not, is a problem to him, and to Japan