June 19, 2022 by Graham E. Fuller • Uncategorized • Tags: China Belt and Road Initiative US hegemony, Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine •
by Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller. com) 18 June 2022 The war in Ukraine has dragged on long enough now to reveal certain clear trajectories. First, two fundamental realities: Putin is to be condemned for launching this war– as is virtually any leader who launches any war. Putin can be termed a war criminal–in good company […]
February 7, 2022 by Graham E. Fuller • Uncategorized • Tags: China, Russia, Sphere of Influence, Ukraine, US foreign policy •
Graham E. Fuller (bozorgg@aol.com) 6 February 2022 The Biden administration recently issued an incredibly naive statement –rewriting history and the nature of international relations– when Blinken informed Moscow that “spheres of influence should be relegated to the dustbin of history.” So Ukraine can’t possibly lie lie within Russia’s security and influence sphere. Take that, Putin! […]
August 17, 2021 by Graham E. Fuller • Uncategorized • Tags: Afghanistan, Graham Fuller, Iran US foreign policy, Russia, Taliban China, US withdrawal •
Graham E. Fuller 16 August 2021 Below is the link to my article just published on this topic for “Responsible Statecraft” at the Quincy Institute in Washington–the only progressive think tank in DC whose voice is slowly rising in a hostile mainstream Washington environment. I recommend the website as a whole to all readers interested […]
December 2, 2020 by Graham E. Fuller • Uncategorized • Tags: China, Egypt, EU, Middle East, Muslim world, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, US •
Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 2 December 2020 Is Turkey out of control? That seems to be the consensus of so many analyses now circulating in US and some European policy circles. But the short answer is, no, it is not. Yet it may be understandable why the US, with its own narrow and self-centric obsession […]
October 16, 2019 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Iran, Israel, Kurds, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, US policy •
Everybody Betraying Everybody in Syria Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 16 October 2019 Just what have we witnessed in the recent events in Syria? It’s hard to know, given the avalanche of superficial and over-the-top headlines in most US media: betrayal of the Kurds, handing Syria over to Russia, caving to Turkey’s Erdogan, bestowing a gift […]
August 6, 2019 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Eurasia, Iran, NATO, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, US foreign policy •
“Who Lost Turkey?” Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 5 August 2019 Here we go again, another phase of witch-hunting over “Who lost —-(fill in the blanks) country.” It was once who lost China in 1949, then Cuba in 1959, then Iran in 1979, and others. The latest iteration is now “Who lost Turkey?” This question classically […]
January 6, 2019 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: China, decline of empire, Graham Fuller, North Korea, Russia, Syria, Trump, US foreign policy •
Trump: Lurching towards a New Foreign Policy? Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 6 January 2019 If the rise of strong new powers like China poses a challenge to the older US-dominated geopolitical order, what about about the converse? The challenge to the international order created by a declining and erratic great power ever more at odds […]
August 8, 2018 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Afghanistan, China, Graham Fuller, Imran Khan, India, Pakistan, Pashtun, Russia, Taliban •
Pakistan Elections—Maybe Good News for Pakistan, But Not For US Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 8 August 2018 A bold new political face has come to power in the recent Pakistani elections, possibly offering the US a new opportunity in that country. Sadly the opportunity will likely be squandered—again. There’s something about Pakistani and US interests […]
April 16, 2018 by Graham E. Fuller • Blog • Tags: Asad, Graham Fuller, Iran, Israel, Russia, Shi'ites, Syria, US policy •
Syria: bottom line questions Graham E. Fuller (grahamefuller.com) 16 April 2018 The Trump administration has just delivered several dozen military strikes against Syria purportedly aimed at chemical production and storage facilities. It was an act the international community feared might lead to overt war in Syria between the US, Iran and Russia, but it came […]
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Long Term Implications of the US destruction of Nordstream 2 Pipeline
February 14, 2023 by Graham E. Fuller • Uncategorized • Tags: China, Russia, Ukraine, US Strategy •
Graham E. Fuller, 14 February 2023 The disturbing and detailed reportage by a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh on Washington’s sabotage of the Russian Nordstream 2 gas pipeline to Germany now provides new perspective on the momentous series of geopolitical trends that began with the war in Ukraine. My own assessment of the Russian […]
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