The objective of this paper is a presentation of results of an analysis of the Three Seas Initiative (TSI), whose participating countries (except Austria) treat it as a method of: a) reducing their dependence on crude oil and natural gas imports from Russia, thus increasing their energy...

The original BRICS grouping of five was not a multilateral security alliance like NATO, and neither does the recent expansion of BRICS resemble the expansion of NATO. The members of the expanded BRICS are divided between those that are largely hostile toward the West in general and the US in...

Introduction / Richard N. Haass and Meghan L. O'Sullivan -- The United States and China : tough engagement / Robert Lee Suettinger -- Europe and Iran : critical dialogue / Johannes Reissner -- The United States and Iraq : perils of engagement / Kenneth I. Juster -- The United States and North...

The paper examines the question how the EU and other countries who are in a similar position of "being caught between the US and China", such as South Korea, will shape their relationship with China and how their strategies complement, or contradict, the policies pursued by the US under the...