In the Middle East, impacts of Sino-American rivalry remain minimal
Recent regional developments are being driven by local dynamics, not great power rivalry. But China’s role in the Middle East is sure to grow.
Recent regional developments are being driven by local dynamics, not great power rivalry. But China’s role in the Middle East is sure to grow.
Extremist groups have literally doubled since Congress passed the Authorization for the Use of Military Force in 2001.
This was a see-saw year with major headlines emphasizing the volatility of US relationships with the world. Our most popular stories reflect that.
2021 exposed the yawning gap between our military’s mythic reputation and its actual performance in our post-9/11 wars.
Military operations continue, as do civilian casualties, but are they down more than any time in recent history.
The administration just nominated an industry insider to head the Pentagon’s troubled acquisitions department.
Over-the-top displays of strength can be viewed as part of a contest for military supremacy on the peninsula.
Tehran’s negotiators must consider the wider political and strategic implications of every move they make.
U.S. Middle East policy is likely to maintain long-standing support for the region’s autocratic rule in the belief that it will ensure stability.
Economic sanctions have demonstrably failed to change North Korean behavior. So, when is the world going to try something new?
Russia hopes to blow new life into a proposal for a multilateral security architecture in the Gulf, with the tacit approval of the Biden administration.
There can’t be the slightest doubt: America worships its Pentagod and the weapons and wars that feed it.
Parties to the Iran nuclear deal should focus on how to normalize their economic relationship in the long term.
But whether our leaders continue to succumb to the power of the arms lobby is an open question.
The visit comes amid a rocky patch in relations between the two partners, and in the middle of a heated election campaign.
Only when China and the United States elevate the threat of climate change above their geopolitical rivalry will it be possible to avert disaster.
“The Blob” isn’t a coherent concept, according to some blobsters. Well they would say that, wouldn’t they?
If policymakers fancy that the United States has some sort of obligation to “lead,” then they’ll have to reimagine what leading really means.
A new survey found general agreement on a less militaristic foreign policy but little consensus on how to handle Russia and China.
President Raisi’s need to alleviate his people’s economic suffering will serve as impetus for both a JCPOA return and regional diplomacy.
Gulf states are likely to discover that they are stuck with a less committed United States. That reality will push them toward greater self-reliance.