Rob Smith, RealClearMarkets
We are ruled, indeed lorded over by the prissiest and most adolescent political class in the history of the world. Perhaps they have all been educated at our...
Matthew Karnitschnig, Politico EU
Washington's track record suggests it's better at fighting wars than dealing with what follows.
Jeffrey Gedmin, American Purpose
Since the death of twenty-two-year-old Jina Mahsa Amini on September 16, 2022, three days after she fell into a coma and died in police custody, Iran's...
Ryan C. Berg and Henry Ziemer, CSIS
China's mounting influence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been the subject of study and consternation in U.S. policy circles for well over a...
Tim Fernholz, Vox
Capt. Even Rogers had the best job at the first large-scale war games focused on space, conducted by the US military in 2017. He got to be the bad guy.
Kayali & Posaner, Politico EU
Germany and France have wildly differing visions on the military industrial complex, and that's now a problem.
Tablet
Claude Berube, The National Interest
A new book redefines and puts into context the thought of Alfred Thayer Mahan, America's greatest naval theorist.
The Moscow Times
Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has died in jail, Russian prison authorities announced Friday.
Thanassis Cambanis, War on the Rocks
The clock is ticking for U.S. forces in Syria. In October 2021, an Iranian-made drone slammed into Tanf, just missing the small row of trailers that...
Alan Shatter, Jerusalem Post
The conclusion of the conflict, the passage of time, and the opportunity for reflection will inevitably result in some...
Andrew Dorman, Chatham House
At a recent campaign rally in South Carolina, Donald Trump appeared to invite Vladimir Putin's Russia to invade any NATO member failing to meet the 2 per cent of...
Gabriel Elefteriu, Brussels Signal
The Munich Security Conference (MSC), which opens this week, is the Davos of the defence and strategic policy world. There is a degree of overlap...
Suarez & Patterson, Am. Purpose
The Red Sea crisis is a lesson for sea power-U.S. Navy presence isn't enough to prevent Houthi rebels from disrupting a major choke point.
Erickson, Collins, and Pottinger, Foreign Affairs
Washington and its allies face many potential geopolitical catastrophes over the next decade, but nearly all pale in comparison to what...
Daniel DePetris, Newsweek
This week, U.S., Israeli, Egyptian, and Qatari officials met in Cairo to continue discussions on how to hammer out a truce in Gaza. As one might expect, getting...
Alicia Garcia Herrero, Asia Times
Striking the right balance between the economy and foreign-policy ambitions will be the key for Prawodo's success
David P. Goldman, American Mind
How to understand—and rectify—the foreign policy disaster of 2024.
Brandan P. Buck, Responsible Statecraft
