Asia-Pacific
How China is 'eating our lunch' with soft power
While Washington sends speeches and militaries to Southeast Asia, Beijing shows up with money, projects, and people
July 10, 2025
While Washington sends speeches and militaries to Southeast Asia, Beijing shows up with money, projects, and people
An intensified rivalry between the two Middle East powers is not a question of 'if' but 'how'
The are a number of signals Putin can glean from Trump's Middle East moves, some which push progress back, not forward, to peace.
Time to recognize that in their current state, our elite forces are bad for the military, bad for society, and bad for the operators themselves
Transatlantic leaders see this as yet another proxy against Moscow. That would be a mistake.
Gaza ceasefire, bombing Iran again, normalization — all may be on the White House meeting docket Monday. But likely this is more political theater.