James M. Dorsey When US Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III declared that Washington wanted to see Russia so “weakened" that it would...

By James M. Dorsey Eager to enhance its negotiating leverage with the United States and Europe, Iran is projecting imminent membership of...

By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...

By James M. Dorsey A podcast version of this story is available on Soundcloud, Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Spreaker, Pocket Casts,...

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By James M. Dorsey China’s brutal crackdown in its north-western province of Xinjiang and growing questions about the dark side of some...

Credit: Global Times By James M. Dorsey A planned China and Russia-led show of support for Iran at next month’s Shanghai Cooperation...

By James M. Dorsey Translating ambition into reality IS’s targeting of China called into question the strategy underlying CIPEC. In a...

By James M. Dorsey The Muslim world’s battle over the legitimacy of political Islam has expanded to the soccer pitch as proponents and...