Asia-Pacific
Japan's new long-range missiles put US-China on collision course
Ahead of the Trump-Xi summit, Tokyo is making moves that could stoke tensions between the two powers
April 10, 2026
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Middle East
For peace with Iran to work a reckoning with Israel is in order
Trump must get back to basics, and his promises to the American people. In order to do that he must put this relationship in its proper place.
April 09, 2026
Asia-Pacific
On energy, China can sit this crisis out. Here's why.
'Green energy' here isn't a slogan or abstract aspiration. It's economic and geopolitical survival.
March 26, 2026
Global Crises
The road to Beijing doesn't run through Tehran
However the Iran war unfolds, it will prove to be a strategic self-own in our great-power competition with China
March 23, 2026
Asia-Pacific
If surviving Trump meeting was goal, Takaichi leaves DC a winner
The Japanese prime minister didn't get what she wanted regarding Chinese security assurances, but nor was she talked into joining Iran war
March 20, 2026
Global Crises
‘Axis of cope’: What happens when they learn all the wrong lessons?
Now that things haven't gone quite as planned, watch Washington hawks dial it up more, this time against China
March 17, 2026
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