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

About the Event For the past seven months, Russia has been waging the Battle for Bakhmut, a city that has relatively little strategic importance but has involved the losses of thousands of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers. With eastern Bakhmut under Kremlin control, and Ukraine in... MORE

On March 7, the House Baltic Caucus hosted an event on China's influence in the Baltic Sea region, organized by The Jamestown Foundation, the Baltic Security Foundation, and the Joint Baltic American National Committee. Representative Don Bacon (R-NE), co-chair of the House Baltic Caucus, keynoted the... MORE

The Jamestown Foundation cohosted an event with Hudson Institute on “Preparing for the Dissolution of the Russian Federation” on Tuesday, February 14. While it is unknown when Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine will end, a Russian defeat would likely lead to the dissolution of the... MORE

[embed]https://youtu.be/Jht_2aQW6eM[/embed] About the Event The Jamestown Foundation was proud to have hosted a webinar on “The Crisis in Karabakh and Iran's Rise in the South Caucasus” on Thursday, February 16. On the morning of Friday, January 27, an armed gunman broke into the Azerbaijani embassy... MORE