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Russia Is a Strategic Spoiler in the Indo-Pacific
July 14, 2024
- Derek Grossman at RAND Corporation writes that Russia continues to play a significant role in the Indo-Pacific, forging strategic partnerships with China, North Korea, and Vietnam to counter U.S. influence and distract from its invasion of Ukraine.
- The article asserts that while Russia's influence lags behind China and the U.S., it remains capable of promoting anti-Western interests and destabilizing the regional order, drawing nations toward nonalignment rather than a Cold War–style bloc standoff.
Center
Someone Has to Lead
January 20, 2024
- The U.S. must keep leading the world in promoting global human rights, despite its flawed human rights record and internal struggles.
- Progress on freedom in the world requires U.S. leadership, otherwise Russia, China, and other autocratic states will continue democratic backsliding around the world.
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