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Apr 30, 2026
The war in the Persian Gulf has been jarring for nearly all countries, not least America’s closest friends. The conflict has brought economic fallout for allies and partners,...
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Apr 23, 2026
On a recent trip, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk gushed over relations with Warsaw’s “most important ally after the United States.” He wasn’t...
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Apr 14, 2026
Trump has replaced rules with muscle, alliances with transactionalism and stability with wrath. That’s not entirely bad.
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Mar 27, 2026
The world is watching to see whether the Iran war ends soon with mutual de-escalation, or drags on with further damage to Iran, the Persian Gulf and a global economy that...
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Mar 23, 2026
Wars have a way of killing half-truths and lazy cliches. The present conflict in the Middle East is exploding the persistent myth that President Donald Trump’s America is...
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Mar 21, 2026
Freedom of the seas changed the world. Now, the world is changing in ways that threaten to make the global waters less free. The ability of people, goods and money to safely traverse...
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Mar 10, 2026
The ongoing war against Iran has raised a number of important issues: the ability of air power alone to achieve regime change, the ethics and effectiveness of targeting...
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Feb 17, 2026
There was a time when Munich really mattered. For a generation after the Cold War, the annual Munich Security Conference was a mecca for leaders of a Europe whole and free, a confab...
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Feb 10, 2026
Tumult over Venezuela, Iran and Greenland has captured the headlines in 2026. But the US-China rivalry is still the central challenge for American statecraft and the central cleavage...
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Feb 3, 2026
The world is a battleground again. The post–Cold War moment of great-power peace and borderless globalization has ended. Fracture, rivalry and disorder are defining themes of...
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Jan 30, 2026
Poor Europe. That continent embodied the loftiest visions of peace and integration in the post-Cold War period. It has become the poster child for weakness in the rougher age that...
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Jan 22, 2026
There are moments when you can feel the geopolitical tectonics shifting below your feet. Such a moment is upon us as the second year of Donald Trump’s presidency begins. The...
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Jan 21, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
President Donald Trump faces a presidency-defining decision as he contemplates and threatens new military action against Iran.
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Jan 12, 2026
A superpower is zapping drug boats, on shaky legal premises, and snatching foreign leaders in the dead of night.
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Jan 7, 2026
Last year was a coming-out party for Chinese military power, from the lethal performance of Chinese-made weapons during the India-Pakistan clash in May, to the...
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Jan 5, 2026
The daring raid that snagged Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was an awesome display of the capabilities that make the US military the world’s best by far. It serves...
