Is China Filling America’s Vacuum?
America's retreat from the developing world happened fast, and the numbers back that up. Foreign aid from OECD countries dropped by about 23 percent...
Can Lindsey Graham’s Ukraine Legacy Survive After His Death?
The death of United States Senator Lindsey Graham has created fresh uncertainty over the future of Washington's support for Ukraine at a critical stage...
Netanyahu’s Defiance and the Global Populist Challenge
Israel’s government has crossed a line that previous governments had avoided. In early July 2026, the cabinet openly declared that it would not recognize...
Who Is Allowed to Coordinate in the Middle East Crisis
In late May, with the talks to end the Iran war stalled, the US president threatened to blow up Oman if it did not,...
Why US Middle East Policy Keeps Failing, From Iraq to Iran
The Middle East - for many Western observers - is something akin to Long Covid. One day you believe you are through the worst...
Renewed Gulf Hostilities, Elevated Regional and Global Uncertainty
The United States and Iran traded new attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end...
Telephone Justice at the World Cup: America’s Red Card to Republican Morality
There was a way for the United States to win that night.
Not against Belgium. That match was lost, and badly. But another victory was...
Is a Turkey–Israel War Actually Coming?
In March, Israeli F-35s struck three sites in central Syria that Turkish planners had quietly earmarked for a future airbase. No Turkish soldier had...
Can Nordic countries offer a future model for China-Europe Relations?
At a time when trade tensions between China and the European Union continue to grow, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to Denmark, Sweden,...
The Franco-Russian Lesson for Japan-South Korea Security Cooperation
The Franco-Russian Alliance of 1894 was one of the most unexpected strategic partnerships in the late nineteenth century. France was a republican state born...