Biden’s trip to Israel is getting trickier by the day
At what point will Washington acknowledge that our “special bond” is helping forestall peace and hurting US interests in the region?
At what point will Washington acknowledge that our “special bond” is helping forestall peace and hurting US interests in the region?
Trying to push China and Russia from this dynamic region of the Global South — whose secret sauce is inclusion — will be self-defeating.
The high level delegation sent to Abu Dhabi in the wake of Sheikh Khalifa’s death shows where the administration’s priorities are.
President Yoon Suk-yeol campaigned as a hawk, but domestic constraints and economic considerations are now coming into play.
While it may seem politically convenient to blame the 8-week invasion for everything, it is supremely deceptive to do so.
Early polling showed the US public approved sending troops to back Kyiv, but then surveys started describing what that would entail.
Pyongyang’s latest provocations are largely being ignored and the White House appears to have no strategy. This is folly.
So far the White House is resisting direct US involvement in Ukraine. But plans to bolster weapons and assistance may have consequences.
It’s been seven years, but the Biden administration seems less likely than ever to follow through with its pledge to help end the war.
Lawmakers warn against Biden sending US troops or engaging in pre-emptive strikes without Congressional authorization.
The move follows an announcement by the White House that it’s slapping a first tranche of sanctions on Moscow.
Washington is looking for ways to rationalize its primacy over China and the media is all too happy to comply.
Democrats have been reluctant to challenge Biden on this issue but the situation is getting worse and time is running out.
Not holding partners to account for human rights abuses makes them burdens rather than assets to the U.S.
New Delhi will continue to resist falling in line with Washington, potentially thwarting American strategies of neo-primacy.
Agreement with Russia over post-Soviet empire borders and realities doesn’t mean that the sky will fall on our heads.
Problematic: Calling the territorial integrity of Ukraine a ‘core principle’ of the US and suggesting entering the alliance is Kiev’s ‘right to choose.’
On its face, the president’s new executive order looks like a step forward, but a closer looks reveals more of the same.
Scholars, journalists, former military and intel officers weigh in on the wide-ranging costs of military aid and a clash with Russia.
A joint statement guiding the two countries’ diplomacy jacks up the China threat and plays lip service to real areas of mutual concern.
The tremors of Putin’s geopolitical crisis is reaching into the Middle East, where Moscow wants influence.