Gabriel Honrada, Asia Times
China recently tweaked its military recruitment regulations, sparking certain speculation it may be preparing for a war of attrition over Taiwan
Nick Witney, ECFR
With the possibility of a second Trump presidency looming, it is high time to Europeanise NATO's defence plans
John Tamny, RCM
When he returned home from a visit to the Soviet Union in 1981, Cato Institute co-founder Ed Crane wrote a classic essay (Fear and Loathing In the Soviet Union) in...
Martin Indyk, Foreign Affairs
For years, the vision of an Israeli state and a Palestinian state existing side by side in peace and security has been derided as hopelessly naive—or worse,...
Brian Katulis, Substack
The world doesn't know all of the details about the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in an Arctic prison last Friday, and we may never know the full...
Politico EU
European Commission President walks fine line between defending her green legacy and locking in support for another run.
McCartney, Newsweek
Xi Jinping's crackdown on the "disease" of separatism encouraged local Chinese officials to sweep up as many detainees as possible for internment camps in the...
Brad Dress, The Hill
Russia is preparing to potentially deploy a nuclear weapon in space that could threaten other satellites, raising a national security concern that has overtaken...
George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
Alexei Navalny was an opponent of the Russian regime, and for his trouble, he was sent to prison - a gulag, as it was called under the Soviets - after...
Paul Pillar, TNI
Rather than attempting a complicated carom shot that relies on the ambitions of the current Saudi crown prince, the United States needs to look at its own bilateral...
Edward Luttwak, UnHerd
The final offensive against Hamas faces complications
Colin Alexander, AT
Pyongyang's policy pivot away from eventual reunification is not mere warmongering but driven by Seoul's hardened line under Yoon
Oriana Skylar Mastro, Foreign Affairs
North Korea has long been a source of instability, but a new development over the past year threatens to make things even worse: the country is teaming...
Daniel Larison, Responsible Statecraft
R. Schoellhammer, Brussels Signal
The first country is Germany, once the poster child of the Green Revolution.
Edward Lucas, CEPA
Without American engagement, Europe's underlying divisions emerge, dangerously.
Richard Fontaine, War on the Rocks
The foreign policy elite descended on Munich again this weekend, primed for beer, brats, and bilats. The 2024 Munich Security Conference was crowded and...
