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The tightening Pacific web: A move toward Asian NATO?
Asia-Pacific

The tightening Pacific web: A move toward Asian NATO?

Biden administration aims to reinforce hub-and-spoke model for U.S. supremacy in the Indo-Pacific.

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Asia-Pacific

Is China's Xi era marked by primacy or something else?

Let's take a look through a historical, realist lens

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Washington Politics

Russia down, NATO up in poll of European, Asian countries

Biden's ratings are strong overall among these respondents, even if he is struggling with public opinion at home.

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Washington Politics

Pushing back on the 'Indo-Pacific' cliche

Many of the countries now lumped under this made-up rubric are wary of being drawn into a great power rivalry between the U.S. and China.

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Asia-Pacific

The 'cold war' has already turned hot — on the internet

America’s most urgent infrastructure vulnerability is largely invisible and unlikely to be fixed by Biden's $2 trillion American Jobs Plan.

Playing US politics: Saudi Arabia targets Middle America
Middle East

Playing US politics: Saudi Arabia targets Middle America

Amid Washington chatter about the future of U.S.-Saudi relations, the kingdom has launched an unprecedented public diplomacy campaign.