China’s New Era of Constructive Strategic Stability
The “first button” of the U.S.-China garment has been realigned.
The Beijing Summit Rewrites the Rules of Superpower Economic Engagement
By systematically decoupling trade, technology, and global governance from the combustible issue of cross-strait sovereignty, Beijing has successfully offered the Trump administration a transactional, high-yield partnership.
The Hormuz Choke Point and the Twilight of Petroleum
The electric car Is the only winner in the latest Iran War.
War, Arrogance, and the Unraveling of U.S. Power
U.S. unraveling will not be imposed from abroad. It will come from within.
Can Bosnia Move Beyond Its Protectorate Era?
It’s time to treat Bosnia as a sovereign European state.
Rolling Ultimatums Don’t Make Strategy
Trump’s Iran policy keeps pressure alive, but permanent pressure is not the same as control.
Russia and North Korea: An Alliance of Desperation
The Kremlin can count on only one real ally in its war in Ukraine.
She Spoke Up for Due Process. Now She’s Detained Without Charges.
Americans should demand the release of jailed Salvadoran lawyer Ruth Lopez — because it can happen here, too.
The Multilateral System Has Become A Relic of The Past
We have portals to the future.
Ceasefires and the Age of Impulse Diplomacy
Can the three-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine point to a more durable peace?
Meanwhile, in El Salvador
Gangs and climate change drive migration and autocracy in Central America.
Digging Up North Korea’s Christian Roots
Jonathan Cheng’s book is an indispensable guide to understanding the methods by which the North Korean regime captured at least some of the hearts and minds of the residents of what had once been one of the most rapidly Christianized parts of the world.
The Shipping Shield and Washington’s Strategic Miscalculation
If the United States continues to treat the global commons as a zero-sum battlefield, it may find that it has not cornered its rival but has instead isolated itself from the very infrastructure of the modern world.
The Airbrushing of Climate Change
Donald Trump is leading the United States in a great leap backward. The rest of the world, at least when it comes to climate science, is refusing to take that leap with him.