Now May Be the Time for Talks with North Korea
Nick Agnew
The combination of pressure from China, tightening sanctions, and a yet incomplete nuclear program may have opened a window of opportunity for negotiations with Pyongyang.
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Now May Be the Time for Talks with North Korea
Common Sense: A Relic of the Past?
Tomislav Jakić
Fairy tales usually begin with the words: “once upon a time. This is not a fairy tale, but once upon a time people used to talk about common sense, and they used to think …
Backgrounder: Turkey under Erdogan
Rene Zou
This backgrounder recounts the long road to Turkey’s seminal 2017 referendum, and what to expect next from this key NATO ally that is still undergoing dramatic political shifts.
Russian Hacking and the Baltic States
Geopolitical Monitor
Russian hacking and disinformation is nothing new for the Baltic States, which have long been a testing ground for Russia’s evolving cyber capabilities.
Turkey’s Erdogan Stakes EU Relations on Referendum Victory
Geopolitical Monitor
By staking his country’s relationship with the European Union, President Erdogan is going all-in on victory in Turkey’s constitutional referendum.
Taliban Advances as Trump Mulls Afghanistan Policy
Geopolitical Monitor
What will the new US president do about the foreign policy quagmire that vexed his predecessors? The answer may lie in US-Pakistan relations.
Winning the Russian Game
Scott Carlson
The West needs to step up its game if it wants to counter President Putin’s push to balkanize Europe.
Current Geopolitics a Recipe for War
Todd Royal
Geopolitical flashpoints are multiplying across several continents, and no one is stepping up to deal with them.
What the Russia-US Detente Will Look Like
Geopolitical Monitor
President Trump is now in office, but it won’t be easy to put Russia-US relations back on a positive track.
Cyprus: Toward Reunification?
Neil Thompson
New talks in Geneva are fueling hopes of reunification for the long-divided island of Cyprus.
