Month: February 2022

If you would like to receive Morning Brief in your inbox every weekday, please sign up here . Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: Russian and Ukrainian officials begin peace talks near Belarus-Ukraine border, and the world this week. Here is today’s Foreign Policy brief: Russian and Ukrainian officials begin […]

The meeting in January was delayed due to the omicron coronavirus variant, but political maneuvering around the delay reveals that the process continues to advance without a shared sense of cooperation. It isn’t. It was pushed by Russia and approved by vote in the U.N. General Assembly in 2019, with […]

The original draft demanded that Russia halt its offensive and withdraw its forces from Ukraine under Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter, a legally binding provision that has been traditionally enforced through the imposition of sanctions or the use of force. Beijing indicated during negotiations that it would be […]

But the summit also showed that Xi remains constrained by forces outside of his control. While offering his fellow autocrat some support, Xi does not want to risk damaging China’s already strained relations with Europe, particularly given growing concerns about China’s rapid economic slowdown. China’s exports to the European Union […]

Far more consequentially, Khan and Putin would like to demonstrate that Pakistan and Russia now matter for each other strategically—more than ever before—in yet another sign of the inexorably shifting geopolitics of the region. On the agenda will be their mutual concerns in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and they may also discuss […]

“I hope that Russia will not make an armed attack or occupy Ukraine. Such a step will not be a wise act for Russia or the region,” he said. The Turkish president underlined the importance of the partnership and the Ukrainian autonomy that facilitates it in an interview with the […]

China on Wednesday stepped up its attack on the USD-500 million infrastructure aid being offered by the US to Nepal, saying political strings should not be attached to a gift and it should not come with an ultimatum. Nepal’s political parties are sharply divided on whether to accept the US […]

China has also done little to crack down on the human traffickers who prey on North Koreans. These traffickers, as the U.S. State Department described last year, “lure, drug, detain, or kidnap some North Korean women upon their arrival” in China. Some are promised employment, but the State Department warned […]

Many Chinese officials seemed startled that Russian President Vladimir Putin would move so far so fast—and so forcefully—when his forces invaded Ukraine. At a press conference Thursday, China’s assistant foreign minister, Hua Chunying , revealed, “What you are seeing today is not what we have wished to see. … We […]