Publications

This brief provides an overview of the various issues affecting Myanmar-China relations in 2015. These include Chinese calculations of strategic support from Myanmar after the November elections there...chevron_right

This commentary takes stock of Turkey’s growing political turmoil and pleads for a return to national consensus-building prior to the country’s November 2015 parliamentary elections. The commentary’s ...chevron_right

What are the purpose, form and function of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)? What impact will new members have on the Organization? Finally, what role does the SCO currently play in Afghanistan? The answers to these and other questions can be found in this CFR backgrounder.chevron_right

George Joffé believes that Algeria needs to pursue much-needed political and economic reforms, particularly in anticipation of its 2019 presidential election. Indeed, failing to change will merely yield more of the same in this volatile North African state – i.e., corrupt political elites and an economy that’s over-reliant on energy exports.chevron_right

This commentary discusses some of the recurring disputes which are negatively affecting the relationship between Singapore and Indonesia. Among other things, the quarrels center on 1) deliberately set...chevron_right

This brief assesses the United Kingdom’s role in the ongoing conflict in Yemen. More specifically, it 1) investigates whether UK weapons were used in alleged war crimes in the conflict; 2) calls on th...chevron_right

This issue of the RAD contains four articles that focus on Russia’s foreign policy and the Putin regime’s current approach to security. More specifically, the articles explore 1) why Russia's more ass...chevron_right

This brief examines ‘trustpolitik’, which is the policy adopted by South Korean President Park Geun-hye towards North Korea in 2013. More specifically, the brief's authors 1) examine the confidence-bu...chevron_right

This report examines how Algeria reinvigorated its foreign policy after the "black decade" of the 1990s and is now attempting to be “an anchor of stability” in its near-abroad. The latter effort, howe...chevron_right

This commentary argues that Russian president Vladimir Putin's decision to militarily intervene on behalf of the al-Assad regime in Syria's civil war will be politically and economically disastrous fo...chevron_right

This commentary contends that the September/October 2015 spate of attacks by Palestinians on Jews, rioting in Jerusalem and the West Bank, as well as rocket fire from the Gaza Strip do not, as some co...chevron_right

This paper reviews the findings of the 2015 Elcano Global Presence Index on the extent of the global presence of the EU and Spain and how the member states of the former and the regions of the latter ...chevron_right

This paper provides a broad overview of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), established on January 1, 2015; the EEU’s successes and limitations during the first nine months of existence; and its implic...chevron_right

This bulletin discusses the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and its leadership change in October 2015. The author argues that although the AICHR constitutes the main body fo...chevron_right

This paper discusses how Russia’s expanded involvement in the Syrian civil war in September 2015 is likely to have significant implications for the balance of power in the conflict, and for the strugg...chevron_right