A man walks past the flags of the countries attending the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on December 5, 2017. (GIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP via Getty Images) The United States cannot disconnect from the Middle East, which never ceases to be a theater for foreign policy competitions, geopolitical bargaining, and business […]
Strategic Vacuums Resulting from U.S. Retreat
Geopolitics – like nature – abhors a vacuum. History is replete with examples that demonstrate how the rapid depressurization of a power pulling out from a region too quickly or too soon can lead to instability in the form of civil wars, military coups, or genocide. U.S. disengagement from key areas of Eurasia would create […]
One-Year Anniversary Edition
This issue marks the one-year anniversary of CGP’s flagship policy product, The Navigator. The Navigator provides insightful analysis, policy recommendations, and forecasting of the week’s most pressing issues. This week, however, we are taking the opportunity to reflect on The Navigator’s success in raising the profile of CGP and establishing our presence in the policy arena. CGP launched […]
Russia & Turkey in Syria and their Broader Shared Geopolitical Space
Center for Global Policy Senior Fellow Kamran Bokhari talks with Ariel Cohen, a Nonresident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council, about Russia’s intervention in Syria and its broader regional and international implications. Cohen is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute for Analysis of Global Security and the director of the Center for Energy, Natural Resources, […]
Russia’s Return To The Middle East: America Beware
Russia is back in the Middle East, creating a broad and systemic geopolitical challenge to the United States. Moscow’s actions are driven by a confluence of prestige seeking, influence mongering, and a search for new markets for Russian arms and other goods. With oil prices barely climbing above $57 per barrel and Saudi Arabia, […]