April 25, 2024 10:00 am – 2:45 pm 1310 L St. NW, Tenth Floor Conference Room, Washington, D.C. 20005   Keynote Address by Brian K. Stimmler Director, Office of Central Asian Affairs, U.S. Department of State   About the Event Since 2015, the... MORE

    About the Event The imperialist Russian polity under Vladimir Putin is a source of conflict worldwide, from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to the Middle East and Western Balkans. The Russian “Federation” is a federation in name only and, at its heart, is... MORE

About the Event Vladimir Putin’s efforts to build influence abroad have succeeded in many places, but the Kremlin has also faced numerous obstacles and defeats. In How Russia Loses: Hubris and Miscalculation in Putin's Kremlin, Jamestown Senior Fellow Thomas Kent reviews Russian influence operations around the... MORE

  About the Event In recent weeks, news has continued to emerge of corruption at the highest levels of the People's Liberation Army. Senior military cadres in the equipment procurement departments and the Rocket Force have been investigated, several of whom have been purged. These... MORE

China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is widely recognized as an economic power play that challenges US influence geopolitically, particularly in vital and resource-rich regions around the world. Little attention, however, has been devoted to the importance of how China plans to secure and... MORE

Since the early days of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia has consistently employed various means of nuclear blackmail in an effort to push Kyiv, and its Western supporters, to the negotiating table. Vladimir Putin and other government officials have not shied... MORE

The Jamestown Foundation was proud to host the event "Putin's Predicament in Ukraine and the Coming Counteroffensive" on Tuesday, May 2. The event featured Russian military experts and regular Jamestown commentators Pavel K. Baev and Pavel Luzin and was moderated by Jamestown President Glen E. Howard. As critical Western weapon systems, long-range munitions,... MORE

The Jamestown Foundation was proud to present the in-person event on “Kazakhstan’s Political Reforms and the Changing Geopolitical Environment” on Tuesday, April 18, where Jamestown hosted several leading experts to examine the prospects for Kazakhstan in 2023 and beyond. Kazakhstan is undergoing political and economic... MORE

The Jamestown Foundation hosted a webinar on “Assessing China’s Growing Influence in the Middle East” on Tuesday, April 4. On March 10, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore normal diplomatic relations in a deal brokered by China. Although Iraq and Oman also played key... MORE

The Jamestown Foundation held a webinar on “China, Russia and Central Asia” on Thursday, March 30.  https://www.youtube.com/live/ri5aJCvqCZQ?feature=share&t=30 At his National People’s Congress press conference on March 7, Foreign Minister Qin Gang stated that China would host an inaugural China-Central Asia Summit later this year. The... MORE