Crisis Group interview, Washington, September 2018.Hide Footnote . The full impact of sanctions largely will depend on how far China and India, Iran’s largest oil customers, will go in accommodating U.S. demands to significantly reduce their imports from Iran by April 2019 when existing..…
Pentagon officials contend that American missiles defences are too few to effectively counter a major first-strike on the U.S. homeland by an advanced nuclear power like Russia or China. Washington hopes those countries will instead be deterred from attacks by America’s nuclear arsenal. . ..…
Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke against anti-rights policies emanating from Moscow as well as Washington but was often beset by political challenges at home. Meanwhile, China and Russia did all they could to undermine global rights enforcement. . ..…
'This report is a clear sign that more in Washington are coming to realize that hubris in our assessment of China's strategic ambitions abets disarmament and then defeat.' . ..…
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