New Lines Institute’s Fresh Voices blog aims to showcase new talent in the sphere of foreign policy, geopolitics, and analysis. The pieces here reflect the mission, vision, and values of New Lines, and serve as a space for fresh voices to showcase their ideas, recommendations, and analyses. These pieces allow readers to consider viewpoints from outside established policy circles and understand new ideas and perspectives.
Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump met with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in South Korea regarding the state of trade and tariffs between the world’s two largest economies. Both sides indicated, to differing degrees, that the talks were a success. After the talks concluded, Trump announced a…
The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, which erupted in November 2020 between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front and a coalition of Ethiopian federal forces, Amhara regional militias, and Eritrean troops,…
Saudi Arabia has taken a central role in Syrian economic development, using a soft-power approach to strengthen its influence there. While other powers have made diplomatic overtures to the fledgling…
In late August, a 6.0-magnitude earthquake flattened villages across the rugged terrain of the Kunar and Nangarhar provinces of Afghanistan, leaving only mud and tumbled stone behind. As rescue efforts…
