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Global Crises

What are Americans' biggest foreign policy priorities?
Global Crises

What are Americans' biggest foreign policy priorities?

Russia, China, and Mideast peace have us worried

Blinken goes to China to maintain the illusion of stability
Asia-Pacific

Blinken goes to China to maintain the illusion of stability

Washington and Beijing will have to do more than stand for photo-ops if they want to stave off the march toward conflict

Who needs butter when you got guns? World arms spending reaches $2.5 trillion
Global Crises

Who needs butter when you got guns? World arms spending reaches $2.5 trillion

Between wars and increased tensions, every region saw increases

World leaders misdiagnose the US with a crisis of confidence
Global Crises

World leaders misdiagnose the US with a crisis of confidence

We don’t need psychoanalysis or self-serving cheerleading about how ‘indispensable’ America is. We need sober advice on how to responsibly back off


What makes a UN decision binding?
Global Crises

What makes a UN decision binding?

Experts say the US is hurting its international standing by insisting that a recent call for a ceasefire in Gaza is 'non-binding'

DoD denies using occupied Yemeni island to fight Houthis
Middle East

DoD denies using occupied Yemeni island to fight Houthis

Putting American soldiers on Socotra would be a ‘flagrant breach of Yemen’s sovereignty,’ said one expert