If Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in November, the question he will face is not whether to restore the liberal international order. It is whether the US can work with an inner core of allies to promote democracy and human rights while... Read More
In the marginalia of his copy of On War, influential fighter pilot-theorist John Boyd laments that Carl von Clausewitz never... Read More
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Iraq won the Arabian Gulf Cup. But Iraq also lost ordinary fans because of their government’s ineptitude. Read More
While speaking in the Constituent Assembly in December 1946, B R Ambedkar said that the word republic means that sovereignty is derived from... Read More
How a violent conflict in the resource-rich Niger Delta has wrought ecological and economic devastation for a generation Read More
Ricardo Hausmann explains why economic theory has finally begun to catch up with centuries of economic practice. Read More
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This week’s episode of Horns of a Dilemma features author and public intellectual Walter Russell Mead speaking about his... Read More
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is amassing a large force near the Ukrainian border and reportedly has a military plan to invade and... Read More
A radical new strategy to keep China away. Read More
It can be boiled down to a single historical factor: corruption. Read More
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and China’s modest response to it, has placed the governments of Central Asia in an unenviable... Read More
Earlier in the day, Germany announced it would send 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks from stocks held by its army. Berlin also announced plans to team up... Read More
Putin’s restraint in the face of massive western military aid to Ukraine has been remarkable but his forbearance may not be... Read More
Ruling politicians are choosing to ignore the warning signs. Read More
The German decision to send tanks to Ukraine is a turning point. It is now clear that Vladimir Putin signed the death warrant of his regime... Read More
Volodymyr Zelenskiy is finally getting the help he wants, but it places more of Ukraine’s future in US hands Read More
More than 10 months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, looking back at 2022, the Kremlin is sparing no effort to at least partially... Read More
Closing social gaps is the only way out of constant crisis, writes a former finance minister. Read More
Over six years ago, the British people chose to leave the European Union. Even now, there is a small but vocal minority who are yet to... Read More
Germany reportedly has decided to support efforts to provide Ukraine with German-made Leopard 2 tanks, a potentially critical... Read More
Erdogan has focused on Stockholm's stance toward Kurdish exile groups, but Ankara’s real demand is the end of U.S. support for Kurds in... Read More
Xi’s eventual successor will face the problem of major revisions to the party constitution – meaning a complicated transition period. Read More
If Joe Biden defeats Donald Trump in November, the question he will face is not whether to restore the liberal international order. It is whether the US can work with an inner core of allies to promote democracy and human rights while... Read More
