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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabollahian, left, attend a joint news conference

Policy Briefs

Alone Together: How the War in Ukraine Shapes the Russian-Iranian Relationship

Sep. 6, 2023 by Ellie Geranmayeh and Nicole Grajewski

Article

Collective Resilience: Deterring China’s Weaponization of Economic Interdependence

Summer 2023 by Victor Cha
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Lessons in Sanctions-Proofing from Russia

2023 by Caileigh Glenn
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Hezbollah's Coercion And the Israel-Lebanon Maritime Deal

2023 by Daniel Sobelman

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Alone Together: How the War in Ukraine Shapes the Russian-Iranian Relationship

Sep. 6, 2023 by Ellie Geranmayeh and Nicole Grajewski

Policy Briefs

from European Council on Foreign Relations

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, center right, and Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabollahian, left, attend a joint news conference

Collective Resilience: Deterring China’s Weaponization of Economic Interdependence

Summer 2023 by Victor Cha

Article

from International Security

Gate of Tianjin Free-Trade Zone. A brightly lit arch over a nighttime roadway. A brightly lit pillar appears in the background.

Lessons in Sanctions-Proofing from Russia

2023 by Caileigh Glenn

Article

from Washington Quarterly

Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with the State Council Presidium

Hezbollah's Coercion And the Israel-Lebanon Maritime Deal

2023 by Daniel Sobelman

Article

from Middle East Policy

An Israeli soldier stands near the fence on the Israeli border with Lebanon

Significance of the Iran-Saudi Arabia Agreement Brokered by China

Mar. 14, 2023 by Stephen Walt, Michael Miner , Karen Elliott House, Joseph S. Nye, Grant Golub, Peyman Asadzade, Mohammed Alyahya and Daniel Sobelman

Article

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

People inspect the wreckage of buildings that were damaged by Saudi-led coalition airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

What Led to Putin’s Blunder in Ukraine?

Feb. 24, 2023 by Simon Saradzhyan

Reports & Papers

Russian tank

Easing U.S. Sanctions on North Korea Could Benefit Both Sides, HKS Korea Expert Tells Lawmakers

May. 17, 2022

Article

from Harvard Kennedy School

Dancers celebrate DPRK–China friendship at the Arirang Mass Games in 2010

When Migrants Become Weapons: The Long History and Worrying Future of a Coercive Tactic

March/April 2022 by Kelly Greenhill

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from Foreign Affairs

Military watching the start of work on the first part of some 180 kilometers of a 5.5 meter-high metal wall