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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (L) attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. Putin is meeting with Kazakh counterpart Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in the capital, a day before he is expected to attend the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) summit in Astana. (Photo by Contributor/Getty Images)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attend a welcoming ceremony prior to their talks at the Ak Orda Presidential Palace, on November 27, 2024, in Astana, Kazakhstan. (Getty Images)

Reports

Russia-China Security Interactions in Central Asia: Bilateral and Multilateral Dimensions

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Jul 24, 2025

Reports

2 Min Read

US President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walk for a photo-op before their meeting at Hyderabad House, Tuesday, February 25, 2020, in New Delhi, India. (Sondeep Shankar via Getty Images)

In the Media

Where Does the Prospects of an India-US Trade Deal Stand?

Bill Drexel

Senior Fellow

Bill Drexel

Jul 23, 2025

In the Media

Voters take part in upper house elections at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a reckoning from voters with upper house elections on July 20 that could end his premiership and see a right-wing populist party make inroads. (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP via Getty Images)

Voters take part in upper house elections at a polling station in Tokyo on July 20, 2025. (Richard A. Brooks via Getty Images)

Commentary

More Political Uncertainty after Japan’s House of Councillors Election

Riley Walters

Senior Fellow

Iku Tsujihiro

Research Associate

Riley Walters & Iku Tsujihiro

Jul 23, 2025

Commentary

2 Min Read

People walk in Registan Square in downtown Samarkand on September 13, 2022. A regional summit this week where Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet China's Xi Jinping and other Asian leaders will showcase an "alternative" to the Western world, the Kremlin said. Putin and Xi will be joined by the leaders of India, Pakistan, Turkey, Iran and several other countries for the summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Uzbek city of Samarkand on 15-16 September 2022. (Photo by Alexander NEM

People walk in Registan Square in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 13, 2022, two days before the city hosted a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. (Alexander Nemenov via Getty Images)

Reports

Sino-Russian Interactions Regarding Central Asia: Preliminary Summary

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Jul 21, 2025

Reports

Long Read

A woman walks past a concrete shelter painted in the style of Ukrainian embroidered ornamentation in a residential district on May 17, 2025 in Kherson, Ukraine. (Photo by Ivan Antypenko/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC "UA:PBC"/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

A woman walks past a concrete shelter painted in the style of Ukrainian embroidered ornamentation on May 17, 2025, in Kherson, Ukraine. According to the city military administration, there are over 800 shelters of various types in Kherson. (Ivan Antypenko via Getty Images)

Reports

What NATO Nations Should Learn from the Kherson Regional Military Administration

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jul 21, 2025

Reports

14 Min Read

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Trump Seeks to Reshape NATO

Peter Rough

Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Peter Rough

Jul 21, 2025

In the Media

(Screenshot via Youtube)

In the Media

Japan’s Fiscal Discipline Challenges

Satoru Nagao

Fellow (Nonresident)

Satoru Nagao

Jul 19, 2025

In the Media

Construction of roads and railways that will pass through the Zangezur Corridor continues in Zangilan, Azerbaijan, on October 9, 2023. (Resul Rehimov via Getty Images)

Commentary

US Getting Creative in Search for Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Deal

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Jul 18, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with President Xi Jinping during a welcoming ceremony at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Council of Heads of State in Qingdao, China, on June 10, 2018. (Sergei Guneyev via Getty Images)

Reports

Sino-Russian Interactions Regarding the Shanghai Cooperation Organization

Richard Weitz

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Political-Military Analysis

Richard Weitz

Jul 17, 2025

Reports

Long Read

US President Donald Trump looks on as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 7, 2025. (Jim Watson via Getty Images)

Commentary

Donald Trump’s Opportunity to Deliver Another Historic Japan Trade Agreement

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Japan Chair

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Jul 17, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

Chinese President Xi Jinping waves during a meeting with Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary To Lam at the Office of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi on April 14, 2025. (Nhac Nguyen via Getty Images)

Commentary

Donald Trump Isn’t the Troublemaker, PM—That’s China’s Xi Jinping