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NATO Arctic
Global Crises

Is NATO creating an Arctic crisis to placate Trump?

The alliance's buildup to confront questionable Russian and Chinese threats lacks the diplomacy necessary to stave off escalation

Us-army-soldiers
Military Industrial Complex

Could the US win a war with a near-peer adversary today?

It's about manpower, material, and most importantly, how we choose to use our military forces. We're doing it all wrong.

G7 Summit
Asia-Pacific

Middle Powers are setting the table so they won't be 'on the menu'

Often crossing continents, 'workarounding' is a strategy allowing states to cooperate on trade and policy outside rigid U.S.-China alignments.

Counter drone laser tech
QiOSK

Report: DoD lets CBP shoot balloon with laser in airspace meltdown

The Pentagon has been testing the tech despite FAA concerns it affects aviation safety

United Nations
Global Crises

We're burying the rules based order. But what's next?

Great power rivalry may actually make multilateral reform more rather than less likely. Here's how.

canada US trade
QiOSK

Canada's moves suggest USMCA is on life support

Amid a growing rift with Trump, our friends to the north are looking to hedge their bets