Alexander Gabuev

3 weeks ago | foreignaffairs.com | Shannon O'Neil |Matias Spektor |Alexander Vindman |Alexander Gabuev

No great power sustained as dominant a position over its neighboring region as the United States did during most of the twentieth century. But in recent decades, Washington has largely disregarded its neighbors. Since a free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico and a military initiative to help Colombia combat drug cartels were negotiated more than 25 years ago, United States policy in the Americas has consisted mostly of failed measures to stem flows of migrants and drugs across U.S. borders.

Dec 27, 2024 | foreignaffairs.com | Michael Pettis |Daniel Rosen |Logan G. Wright |Alexander Gabuev

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to implement a suite of aggressive tariffs on American trade partners, including a blanket 20 percent levy on goods from abroad. Although his supporters claim that these tariffs will strengthen U.S. manufacturing and create jobs, critics contend that they will fuel inflation, suppress employment, and perhaps tip the economy into a recession.

Dec 7, 2024 | independent.ng | Alexander Gabuev

… Why Beijing and Moscow’s Partnership Will Be Hard to Break “The one thing you never want to happen is you never want Russia and China uniting. I’m going to have to un-unite them, and I think I can do that,” Donald Trump boasted in an interview with the political commentator Tucker Carlson in October. On the campaign trail, the president-elect said repeatedly that he would stop the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours” and that he would be much tougher on China than President Joe Biden has been.

Nov 20, 2024 | gmfus.org | Alexander Gabuev

The BRICS+ summit was held in the Russian city of Kazan this past October. The original BRICS comprised four countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and China. The first meeting that they held was in 2009. South Africa joined in 2011. BRICS has now grown to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates. The recent summit also invited 13 countries to the group as partner states.

Nov 10, 2024 | ft.com | Alexander Gabuev

The writer is director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center in Berlin “What was said about the desire to restore relations with Russia,...