JST Situation Room

Syria is at a crossroads. President Donald Trump’s vow to do everything he can to help the war-torn country offers it a golden opportunity to wave goodbye to its dictatorial past. Unfortunately, Turkey’s regional ambitions are threatening to derail Syria’s rebirth. One of the most striking features of post-Assad Syria is the speed with which […]

Sam Dalrymple, Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern India, William Collins, 2025 The most sweeping revision of the world’s political map in all of history took place in the twentieth century, when the great Europe-based multinational empires that had dominated the planet dissolved and their constituent parts became independent states. The most […]

By answering the questions of Jacob Heilbrunn, Daniel Runde, Senior Advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) offers a sweeping assessment of recent geopolitical shocks, from Venezuela to Iran, and their implications for global power politics.