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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
After years of rapid expansion during President Vladimir Putin’s first stint as president, Russia's middle class has dwindled in the... Read More
The war in Afghanistan needed to wind down. But Washington is learning the wrong lesson. Read More
The United States is presently engaged in its largest peacetime budget stimulus on record. That stimulus risks causing economic overheating... Read More
The recently finalized 25-year comprehensive cooperation agreement between Iran and China has been referred to in the media as... Read More
It is bad enough when the United States incurs grave risks to defend even indisputably democratic allies, if those countries lack sufficient... Read More
The U.S. media initially burst out in applause at the “sweeping” and “tough” sanctions the Biden... Read More
The Australian government will increasingly scrutinize both public and private agreements with China as Canberra expands efforts to shape... Read More
There will be those who dismiss the scrapping of Victoria’s Belt and Road agreement as merely the end of a memorandum of understanding... Read More
One way to look at Belarus ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s claim last week that he was the target of a US-backed coup and... Read More
Numerous militaries, including that of the United States, are now developing and conceptualizing drone swarms—groups of... Read More
The Biden administration’s new mantra falls one step short. Read More
ooking out over a sea of jostling, maskless faces gathered at a political rally in West Bengal on Saturday, the Indian prime minister,... Read More
As March ended, the BBC’s Beijing correspondent, John Sudworth, left China following escalating harassment by the... Read More
VANCOUVER—The two Canadians were walking down a sidewalk in their neighbourhood in Turpan, a city in China’s northwestern... Read More
America’s Self-Defeating Economic Retreat Read More
Suga’s willingness to discuss Taiwan during his White House visit was a departure from the norm Read More
Clashes have erupted in Jerusalem with the beginning of Ramadan last week, mostly in the environs of two entrances to the Old City of... Read More
What will US engagement in the Middle East look like under President Joe Biden? This is a question that has been ruminated on since last... Read More
Murat Mercan, Turkey’s ambassador to the United States, discusses the prospects for enhanced US-Turkish cooperation during the Biden... Read More
In the Soviet Union, all media were controlled by the state, and foreign correspondents were severely restricted. Those who hoped — and... Read More
On this episode of Talking Geopolitics, host Christian Smith discusses Geopolitical Futures’ Chief Operating Officer Antonia... Read More
At the Bush Center, we're concerned about the challenges to the health of democracies around the world. Populism is on the rise. Media... Read More
The Integrated Review is a comprehensive articulation of the UK’s national security and international policy. It outlines three... Read More
In the days of Bill Clinton and Tony Blair, even of David Cameron and Nicolas Sarkozy, the call might have gone out for the West to act... Read More
With the latest developments in Russia, I want to reiterate: the Kremlin isn’t playing chess, while the U.S. and West play checkers. I... Read More
Even if the Kremlin ultimately decides against a major war in Ukraine, the next few months are likely to remain tense. Read More
Turkish authorities announced Monday they are expanding an ongoing investigation into allegations of human trafficking leveled against a... Read More
Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide’s summit with U.S. President Joseph Biden was awaited with a mixture of anticipation and anxiety... Read More
Years ago, at the Munich Security Conference, I found myself squeezed in on the steps of the grand staircase of a hotel ballroom, trying,... Read More
With the passing of Prince Philip on April 9, the United Kingdom may have lost its last exponent of the stoic attitude that has defined so... Read More
It didn't take long for the backlash to the proposed European Super League to result in action. Read More
When I was a teenager, my hometown football—soccer—team was bought by a local businessman who began his career as a safecracker,... Read More
After a year of loss and lockdowns, America’s vaccination efforts are slowly allowing the country to reopen. At long last, things are... Read More
Every few years, the U.S. National Intelligence Council, or NIC, gazes into its crystal ball and imagines the world 20 years hence. The... Read More
Boris Johnson may have had to cancel his trip to India but that hasn't stopped his colleagues embarking on trips overseas. Michael Gove... Read More
U.S. President Joe Biden is calling for a minimum corporate tax rate of 21 percent for companies. But countries like Ireland and Luxembourg... Read More
Discarding old hesitations and building new geopolitical coalitions will be critical for a successful Indian engagement with the Afghan... Read More
Turkey cannot extend the same support to Ukraine it has given to Azerbaijan. Read More
I once boarded a flight from Dubai to Kabul alongside a team of Afghan soccer players — teenage girls in red uniforms, chatting and... Read More
For many Europeans – regardless of whether they like the pipeline – the Nord Stream 2 case shows that the US Congress and even... Read More
Like his immediate predecessor, Joe Biden is committed to a distinctly anti-China global strategy and has sworn that China will not... Read More
After the turn of the millennium, it became commonplace to hear pundits say that the future belonged to the developing world. These countries... Read More
Although both sides have sought to keep their tit-for-tat maritime attacks under control, they pose a substantial risk of miscalculation and... Read More
CAIRO — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a phone call April 12 from Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad... Read More
NDJAMENA, Chad — President Idriss Déby of Chad died of wounds sustained in clashes between insurgents and government soldiers,... 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
