A review of Eddie Quitoriano’s new book, Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows.
Odyssey of a Revolution
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Asia & Pacific
Before Trump Meets Xi, Look at What China Just Gave BRICS
America is trying to hold onto its superior tech while China is sharing with the rest.
Mutual Hedging, Not Mutual Defense
When former Biden administration official Ely Ratner last year proposed a binding, NATO-style “Pacific Defense Pact” with an integrated command structure among the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines, he delivered an accidental indictment of a central...
A Flood Disaster in Nepal
Blame fossil fuels and climate change.
U.S.-China AI Security Talks Need Shared Rules Not Grievances
Cooperation is the cheaper (and safer) alternative.
The New Threat to Citizenship in U.S. Territories
The Trump administration is expanding its attack against birthright citizenship.
America’s China Licensing Regime Now Helps Beijing
The Commerce Department is trying to keep computer chips out of the hands, but it’s only succeeding in hurting U.S. business.
The New Cold War of Rocks vs. Chips
The two major superpowers have asymmetric super powers.
Deportation Has a Foreign Policy Price
The more power a country has, the more concessions it can wring from Trump.
Is Donald Trump Good for the Korean Peninsula?
North Korea ultimately prefers the predictability of Russia and China to the unreliability of the United States.