The foundations of deterrence theory lie in the Cold War writings of thinkers such as Thomas Schelling, who sought to ...

After months of simmering tensions between China and the Philippines over conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea, Manila and Beijing have engaged in a series of “candid” discussions on ...

Perhaps that is why, in private conversations, almost no one we talk to—not other analysts, diplomats, or ...

When President Joe Biden leaves office early next year, he will probably do so without having realized a signature item on ...

Together, these developments represent a challenge to the institutions, rules, and taboos that have prevented the use of ...

It is true that, with the exception of Thailand, Washington’s Asian allies are more closely aligned with the United States ...

The apparent hardening of a U.S. consensus on China is shallower and wobblier than it appears. In this fluid environment, ...

Yet as these major countries seem to be retreating from capitalism, there are a few places across the income curve, including ...

As former U.S. President Donald Trump takes another run at the White House, many observers worry about how his second term ...

In late 2022, a Moscow court sentenced the Kremlin critic Ilya Yashin to eight and a half years behind bars. He was a ...

In some ways, this wider regional war is already at hand. From the outset, “the Gaza war” was a misnomer. Ever since Hamas’s ...