by MKI TM | Aug 28, 2025 | Featured, MKI Perspective, News, Research Centers, Strong Europe Center
Perspective – Written by Philip Pilkington Recently the Trump administration surprised market analysts by announcing that it will put a 15 percent export tax on Nvidia and AMD chip sales to China. These companies were previously banned from selling advanced chips like...
by MKI TM | Aug 18, 2025 | Featured, MKI Perspective, News, Research Centers, Secure Neighborhood
Perspective – Written by Ruslan Bortnik Armenia stands at a perilous crossroads, torn between internal fractures and mounting external pressure. Since the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh defeat, Yerevan has struggled to maintain political stability, social cohesion, and...
by MKI TM | Jul 17, 2025 | Connectivity Center, MKI Policy Brief, News, Research Centers
Policy Brief – Written by Zsolt Trembeczki On balance, the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict’s final outcome was remarkably unremarkable—after a couple rounds of escalation, the two sides agreed to de-escalate as anticipated. While larger in scale, the conflict mostly...
by MKI TM | Jul 15, 2025 | Featured, MKI Perspective, News, Research Centers, Secure Neighborhood
Perspective – Written by Ruslan Bortnik At the end of June 2025, U.S. Special Representative Keith Kellogg made a surprise visit to Belarus, marking the highest-level American contact with Minsk since 2020. The meeting with Alexander Lukashenko signaled a cautious...
by MKI TM | Jul 15, 2025 | MKI Perspective, Research Centers, Secure Neighborhood
Perspective – Written by Ruslan Bortnik The persistent occurrence of political assassinations, extrajudicial killings and mysterious deaths among high-ranking Ukrainian politicians, journalists and public figures, reveals a deeply entrenched culture of impunity and...
by MKI TM | Jul 4, 2025 | MKI Perspective, News, Research Centers, Strong Europe Center
Perspective – Written by Gábor Papp The global race to reduce dependence on China in critical mineral supply chains, especially in rare earth magnet supply chains, is becoming an increasingly important geopolitical issue. The European Union’s “de-risking” strategy...