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A new book examines weaknesses in China’s meritocratic system—and in our own.   Read More

By now, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s ambition to remake the world is undeniable. He wants to dissolve Washington’s network of... Read More

A few simple initiatives could shift prevailing regional perceptions in favor of US over China   Read More

Russia has launched its third major mobilization wave in anticipation of its upcoming spring/summer campaign to take more land in Ukraine. Read More

Whether the Ukraine war has been good for Russia’s working class is a question that Putin’s inner elite is obviously concerned... Read More

In October 2023, the White House requested emergency supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024 to provide additional aid to... Read More

While this round of conflict appears to be over, more escalatory situations are likely to occur, and the likelihood of an extensive war... Read More

Ever since Chinese President Xi Jinping secured his third term in power in the fall of 2022, he has had a rough time. Read More

Washington and Beijing will have to do more than stand for photo-ops if they want to stave off the march toward... Read More

Ukraine burns and the Middle East simmers, but the Western Pacific appears relatively placid. There hasn’t been a major crisis in... Read More

Europe hums with the normalcy of daily life – cafes bustling, children playing, tourists snapping photos. Yet, a shadow hangs low on... Read More

Ukraine’s leaders breathed a hearty sigh of relief when news broke that the U.S. House of Representatives finally, after six months of... Read More

As we enter spring 2024, Ukraine’s military position looks tenuous. Its counter-offensive in 2023 did not achieve... Read More

Young people are more likely to vote for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) than previously, a study on Tuesday... Read More

The long-forgotten Davos Pact, and the people behind it, were to a large extent responsible for putting Putin in power, argues our... Read More

Over the past six months, tensions along Israel’s border with Lebanon have escalated dramatically. Israel has now deployed 100,000... Read More

China's planned actions in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda may be signaling its plans for the rest of the Western... Read More

Canada has a growing populism problem. Even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks so.   Read More

You’d assume the reaction to the SNP’s new hate crime laws would make other authoritarian governments hesitate before... Read More

For boosters of U.S. security interests in Africa, the past few days carried grim tidings. Read More

“God Loves You.” An accusing finger looms out of the billboard, pointing directly at passers-by. Lord Kitchener has... Read More

The Myanmar army is experiencing a rapid rise in defections and military losses, posing questions about the continued viability of the... Read More

Total military spending by nations reached a record high of $2.443 trillion in 2023, according to a new report released Monday by... Read More

Washington’s support for Ukraine should not dispel a sense of urgency among EU countries, Ukraine and its allies warn.   Read More

After six months of trading fire, we can observe three distinct stages of the fighting between Israel and the Iranian proxy... Read More

It is only now, almost 16 years since Obama first entered the White House with the private determination to end Iran’s “death to... Read More

Walter Russell Mead testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on modernizing alliances in the Indo-Pacific.   Read More

A row over a tiny Filipino island in the South China Sea has ramped up tensions between the US and China. Read More

Alliance countries need better understanding of the risks to their undersea infrastructure, and improved signalling to deter Russian... Read More

The U.S. government is making itself felt in Orthodox internal politics.   Read More

Rep. Summer Lee, a freshman Democrat who faces a primary challenge Tuesday from an opponent who has characterized her as extreme on foreign... Read More

Examining the political risks of labeling genocide, especially regarding the impending UN resolution on Srebrenica, stressing the need for... Read More

All eyes are on America's college campuses as simmering tensions over the Israel-Hamas war boil over into outright... Read More

Most of the troops are stationed at a U.S. airbase that is less than a decade old and is valued at $110 million and costs about $1 million a... Read More

For years, to avoid the confusion between Georgia the country, and Georgia the U.S. state, international media referred to the former as a... Read More

India will gradually increase in power, but its journey toward true great power capabilities is likely to be long and arduous.   Read More

The United States is engaged in its first major naval combat since World War II, according to the commander overseeing U.S. naval... Read More

Western leaders are deeply reluctant to acknowledge the obvious: we are already enmeshed in a new Cold War. More precisely, the... Read More

Exploring Israel's complex challenges, from military actions to diplomatic tensions, hostage crises, and domestic instability, amid hopes... Read More

How a long-term, durable U.S.-Saudi partnership can serve as a shock absorber during a time of geopolitical uncertainty. Read More

Tehran upped the ante and scored a strategic success with its attack. Israel also achieved its outcomes. The Middle East game has become more... Read More

Strengthened Western resolve to roll back Moscow’s invasion is beginning to coincide more strongly with the interests of the... Read More

Conservative leaders from across Europe met in Brussels, but we know very little about this network. A new consortium has been launched to... Read More

We must take seriously the opportunities for collaboration presented by countries like Ecuador, El Salvador, Argentina, Paraguay, the... Read More