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
For both Israel and Ukraine, the Biden-Harris administration has placed “de-escalation” above full support for U.S. partners. A... Read More
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been putting in the hard yards. Read More
The Kremlin is working to systematically instill “patriotic” values in children and teenagers through a Soviet-style propaganda... Read More
All week long, the Biden administration has been hinting that it would authorize Ukraine to strike deep inside Russian territory with US-made... Read More
US Senator Chris Van Hollen calls for Israeli accountability in death of Turkish American citizen; UAE transports sick and wounded form... Read More
Four years ago, the historic Abraham Accords between the UAE, Bahrain, and Israel were signed on the White House lawn. Morocco and Sudan soon... Read More
Conventional wisdom often gets a bad rap when things go wrong, but it should normally be a source of strength. Read More
Former U.S. Special Envoy for Haiti Dan Foote said the United States’ latest efforts to “re-establish security” and... Read More
In a Dominican Republican based press conference, Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed that “putting Venezuela on a democratic... Read More
The sensational media dispute over Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, and the nitpicking over individual anecdotes from that town is... Read More
Germany’s decision to reintroduce border controls in an attempt to halt mass immigration is awkward for Keir Starmer. Read More
The chancellor’s ‘sensible centrism’ has made Germans poorer, less safe and ripe for a populist revolt. Read More
Canadian politics has been thrown into further uncertainty this week. Jagmeet Singh, leader of the Left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP),... Read More
Reversing globalization would massively derate US assets, dislocating the professional class for re-industrialization that won’t... Read More
At the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga last week, representatives from Washington, Beijing, and Taipei were engaged in... Read More
The United States has had the world’s largest defense budget since the 1980s and possibly longer. Although the budget remains... Read More
Debates about the balance of power in Asia typically rely on one of three views. Some analysts believe, fatalistically, that China has become... Read More
Media coverage of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent trip to Ukraine focused on how it was the first time an Indian prime... Read More
“Moving the chairs around.” That was a senior Ukrainian official’s take on the cabinet shake-up announced by... Read More
Right at the start of our conversation, Sergei is keen to emphasise that he never killed anyone. “I wouldn’t be able to live if I... Read More
Ukraine is slowly being forced back in the eastern battlefields — it needs a new approach and its frontline soldiers agree. Read More
As its Gaza campaign cools, Israel’s attention is returning northwards. Approximately 60,000 Israelis from northern communities are... Read More
After the worst terror attack on their soil, US educators steered clear of tough questions. It was a dire mistake that Israeli teachers must... Read More
A common refrain about the war in Gaza is that Israel’s campaign to destroy Hamas is counterproductive, because it will only... Read More
The Gaza war posed a major challenge to the Abraham Accords Arab member states, many of whom have faced criticism from a slew of Arabs and... Read More
To most observers, even on the political Right, it was hard to avoid the conclusion that Donald Trump lost the debate with Kamala Harris. Read More
Although this might seem counterintuitive given the current political culture, but there is a realistic chance that voting for what the media... Read More
Although many countries would like to see an alternative to the US dollar, its dominance is unlikely to come to an end anytime soon. Read More
In an April essay published by Asia Times about actual or impending fertility decline to below population-replacing levels in... Read More
In April 2023, fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces spread into a deadly civil... Read More
Deradicalization begins as civilians are persuaded of the futility and costliness of the aims of those who rule them. Read More
What’s in a name? Only 350 feet wide and nine miles long, the “Philadelphi Corridor” is little more than a speck. Yet it... Read More
The July 31 assassination of Hamas’s head, Ismail Haniyeh, after the inauguration of Iran’s new president in Tehran was a... Read More
To survive, Barnier will need to be dogged and pragmatic — just as he showed himself to be in the Brexit negotiations. Read More
The U.S. government, long a proponent of advancing technology for military purposes, sees artificial intelligence as key to the next... Read More
The report claimed the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) promoted “tech start-ups and other small businesses in... Read More
The United States is grappling with an unprecedented drug epidemic, primarily driven by fentanyl and other opioids. These substances are... 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
