Policy Alerts inform U.S. policymakers and media professionals of the ongoing debates in Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Russia on current issues and events relevant to American foreign policy.
Policy Alert #254 | March 31, 2023 Last week, from March 20-22, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow for…
Continue reading Xi in Moscow and Kishida in Delhi & Ukraine—a One-Way Alliance vs Delicate Dancing
Policy Alert #253 | March 16, 2023 While the G20 Summit in New Delhi is only set to take place in September, it was already…
Policy Alert #252 | January 26, 2023 The relationships and power dynamics between China, India, Japan and Russia in 2022 were shaped by the Russian…
Continue reading Rising Powers in 2022: a Year Under the “Sign” of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Policy Alert #251 | November 10, 2022 The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (NCCPC) was heavily scrutinized in international media given…
Policy Alert #250 | September 21, 2022 The 2022 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Samarkand, which took place from September 15th to 16th,…
Policy Alert #249 | September 8, 2022 On August 16 at 8:20 am local time, the Yuan Wang 5, a Chinese ship, docked in…
Continue reading A Tale of Two Indias? China and India from Hambantota to Vostok
Policy Alert #248 | April 11, 2022 On April 7, after graphic images emerged of civilian killings in the city of Bucha just outside Kyiv,…
Continue reading Russia’s Suspension from UN HRC: Voting Becomes More Mixed
Policy Alert #247 | March 24, 2022 Today marks one month since Russia ordered a “special military operation” and advanced into Ukraine on February 24,…
Continue reading One Month In, Rising Powers Tested as Ukraine Crisis Escalates
Policy Alert #246 | February 28, 2022 On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin formally recognized the independence of the southeastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk…
Continue reading Rising Powers React to Russian Military Actions in Ukraine
Policy Alert #245 | February 11, 2022 In the run-up to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, China had insisted on keeping politics and sports separate.…
Continue reading The Politics of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
Policy Alert #244 | January 28, 2022 As more than 100,000 Russian troops amass near Ukraine’s borders, tensions between Ukraine and Russia are heightening. Vladimir…
Continue reading Live Updates from Rising Powers on the Russian-Ukraine Border
Policy Alert #243 | January 13, 2022 The Rising Powers have largely managed to keep the highly contagious Omicron at bay even as the variant…
Policy Alert #242 | December 13, 2021 On December 9-10, 2021, US President Joe Biden hosted the virtual Summit for Democracy focused on three pillars:…
Continue reading Summit for Democracy 2021: Mixed Reviews from Rising Powers
Policy Alert #241 | November 16, 2021 The 26th session of the Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) came…
Continue reading COP26 and Surprise US-China Cooperation on Climate Action
Policy Alert #240 | November 3, 2021 The Group of Twenty (G20) convened on October 30-31, 2021 for the Rome Summit, ahead of the UN…
Continue reading G20 Summit 2021 Leaves Uphill Battle for COP26
