Responsible Statecraft

Follow us on social

        Iran War
    

        The Houthis are increasingly setting their own agenda
    
Jonathan Fenton Harvey
July 13, 2026

        Trouble with Persia? Ask the Romans
    
John Limbert
July 11, 2026

        Is Lebanon hurtling towards a Libya-style civil war?
    
Ali Rizk
July 10, 2026

        US-Iran on dangerous path to blowing up MOU over Hormuz
    
Trita Parsi
July 08, 2026

        Most Read
    

        Trump's big idea: Deploy assassination teams to Mexico
    
Christopher Fettweis
May 15, 2024

        Ripping up Trump's 'battle plan' of attack on Mexico's cartels
    
Christopher Fettweis
April 03, 2023

        Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries
    
Ben Freeman
May 29, 2026

        Why is the Selective Service war gaming a 'special skills' draft?
    
Edward Hasbrouck
July 08, 2026

        China just got one step closer to its own nuclear triad
    
James Park
July 10, 2026
Middle East
        The Iran war destroyed the strategic logic of the Abraham Accords
    The agreements can't bring peace because they sidestep the root cause of instability in the Middle East
Abdelrahim Shalaby
July 15, 2026
Washington Politics
        Voters: The military makes us feel safe but not sure it's worth a trillion
    
Jennifer Greenburg
William Hartung
July 15, 2026
Washington Politics
        Obama has a lot to say about everything but his foreign policy
    
Stephen R. Weissman
July 14, 2026
Military Industrial Complex
        Happy birthday to the ever-expanding national security state
    
Abigail R. Hall
July 14, 2026
Washington Politics
        Tucker Carlson's left-right, third party dream
    
Jack Hunter
July 14, 2026
Middle East
        A new US-Iran war would end where the last one did
    
Trita Parsi
July 13, 2026
View all

  QiOSK

  Staff quick takes, dispatches, and breaking news
QiOSK
        Why can't the US get Southeast Asia's support in the South China Sea?
    States in the region agree that Beijing's maritime claims are extreme, but they won't join Washington in condemning them
Sarang Shidore
July 14, 2026

        Trump: giving Ukraine Patriot Missile license is 'cool.' No it's not.
    
Kelley Beaucar Vlahos
July 08, 2026

        Israel wants to build space attack lasers now
    
Stavroula Pabst
July 06, 2026

        Huckabee: Israel 'the 436th congressional district' of US
    
Stavroula Pabst
July 01, 2026

        Iranians believe Israel will restart war before its October elections
    
Trita Parsi
July 01, 2026

Asia-Pacific

View all

Middle east

View all

        Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports
play icon

        Trita Parsi: Beltway hawks desperate to upend MOU to end war
    
View all
Newsletter
            Subscribe now to our weekly round-up and don't miss a beat with your favorite RS contributors and reporters,
            as well as staff analysis, opinion, and news promoting a positive, non-partisan vision of U.S. foreign
            policy.
          
Invalid emailEnter your email

Washington Politics

View all

        Africa
    

        US knows UAE fueling war in Sudan but $1.4 trillion is getting in the way
    
Elfadil Ibrahim
July 02, 2026

        HIV/AIDS support is latest casualty in Trump's 'white genocide' beef
    
Dan M. Ford
June 30, 2026

        How a shake-up in Senegal could strengthen Trump's hand in the Sahel
    
Taiwo Hassan
June 05, 2026

        Dying in Diesel protests: Africa slammed by Iran war energy crisis
    
Dan M. Ford
May 27, 2026
View all

        Latin America
    

        The earthquake sprung Trump's Venezuela trap
    
Orlando Pérez
July 13, 2026

        Does the Pentagon even know who its boat strikes are killing?
    
Adam Isacson
July 01, 2026

        Under Team Trump eye, Venezuela makes move toward elections
    
David Smilde
June 25, 2026

        Hyper-militarized 'war on narco-terror' is not stopping drug flows
    
Lee Schlenker
June 19, 2026
View all

        Europe
    

        Euroskeptics in France, Germany suddenly gain steam in elections
    
Molly O'Neal
July 13, 2026

        NATO Summit: Time to take the transatlantic crisis by the horns
    
Mark Episkopos
July 06, 2026

        For its own sake, Ukraine must not normalize Nazi collaborators
    
Zachary Paikin
June 29, 2026

        When did Western statecraft lose its fear of the unknown?
    
Matthew Blackburn
June 25, 2026
View all

        north america
    

        China and Russia and the US icebreaker race
    
Pavel Devyatkin
July 10, 2026

        Is Trump finally burying the zombie US-Mexico-Canada trade pact?
    
Karthik Sankaran
June 11, 2026

        Throwing thousands more soldiers at Haiti will not solve this crisis
    
Dan M. Ford
Joseph  Brennan
April 30, 2026

        CIA deaths in Mexico: Is Trump playing with fire?
    
Juan Rojas
April 24, 2026
View all

Responsible Statecraft

Follow us on social

Stay Responsible. Subscribe for Global Insights

Iran War

Most Read

The agreements can't bring peace because they sidestep the root cause of instability in the Middle East

QiOSK

States in the region agree that Beijing's maritime claims are extreme, but they won't join Washington in condemning them

Asia-Pacific

Middle east

The agreements can't bring peace because they sidestep the root cause of instability in the Middle East

Outside the Bubble Watch the latest QI reports

Newsletter

Washington Politics

Africa

Latin America

Europe

north america

Military Industrial Complex

A military mobilization exercise offers clues about who might be drafted for what sort of conflict (hint: US-China)

Media

Global Crises

It's great when Washington can end the conflicts it starts, but on this World Refugee Day let's recall that the ensuing crises they cause are not so easily controlled

Get stories worth sharing delivered to your inbox

Follow