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NATO Relations under a Biden Presidency

NATO Training Mission-Af, cc Flickr, modified, https://www.flickr.com/photos/ntm-a_cstc-a/5346027296/in/photolist-9moxrU-dS9dPa-9cGQNp-99scXY-99pMEq-99mNux, 111109-N-1159B-299

Could a president Biden put the toothpaste back into the tube and restore faith in the North Atlantic Alliance?

Nagorno-Karabakh Clashes: Prelude to a Wider War?

A small group of Kansas Army National Guardsmen share ideas and advise soldiers with the Armenian Peacekeeping Brigade at a training site near Yerevan, Armenia, July 29, 2015. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Zach Sheely, cc public domain, modiifed, https://www.defense.gov/observe/photo-gallery/igphoto/2001836902/

Much like the July Crisis of 1914, Nagorno-Karabakh is a local conflict with continental implications.

NATO Arms Sales to Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean Dispute

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Is NATO accentuating its own internal cleavages by continuing to supply Turkey with weapons?

Azerbaijan–Turkey Strategic Alliance Deepens amid Recent Conflicts

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Bolstered by common interests and security threats, Baku and Ankara are moving ever closer together.

KAVKAZ 2020: Host-Nation Clout and Diplomatic Intrigue

cc Flickr Max Pfandl, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

There is a famous political expression that goes: “Never let a good crisis go to waste.” Nowhere is this maxim more on display than with Russia’s recent military moves.

Backgrounder: Geopolitics of the Eastern Mediterranean Conflict

Santorini, Maggie Meng, CC Flickr, Modified, https://www.flickr.com/photos/snowfish2014/14210200684/in/

Who is backing who in simmering geopolitical tensions over energy deposits in the Eastern Mediterranean?

Hong Kong Security Law Ringing Alarm Bells in UK, Canada, and Australia

Hong Kong protests in 2019; cc Flickr Studio Incendo, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

In rhetoric, and increasingly in the realm of defense spending as well, Western countries are preparing for a more adversarial relationship with China.

EU Enlargement and the Geopolitical Battleground of the Balkans

cc Flickr EU2018BG Bulgarian Presidency, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

The EU’s glacial enlargement process may fall foul to outside geopolitical players in the Western Balkans.

China Pops Up on the NATO Threat Radar

cc Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, Flickr, modified, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

How does China fit into NATO’s strategic planning?

US-Taliban Deal: First Step on a Long Road to Peace

Combat Reconnaissance Patrol March 28-30, cc Flickr ResoluteSupportMedia, modified, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Though there’s a lot more work to be done before peace and stability reigns in Afghanistan, the recent US-Taliban deal is an important step in the right direction.

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