It could not bend Iran’s will at the negotiating table. Yet despite seven months of setbacks, U.S. officials believe that they have turned the page. They have implemented fresh sanctions while ...

Robert Zoellick, an expert on the global economy who served as U.S. trade representative and World Bank president, makes the authoritative case that President Donald Trump’s antagonism toward Canada ...

The Center for Strategic and International Studies recorded 224 incidents of Chinese-sponsored espionage against the United States that occurred between 2000 and 2023, of which more than half targeted ...

Beijing’s one-child policy, plus the same social forces that have dragged East Asian fertility to historic lows, have produced below-replacement birth rates for three decades in China—draining the ...

Military victory is an alluring idea. A short, violent campaign that defeats the enemy promises payoffs at a tolerable price. The Trump administration expected such an outcome in Iran in February 2026 ...

But as the SDA’s operations show, influence operations are increasingly interconnected and part of propaganda strategies that transcend traditional boundaries. Sophisticated states such as China, Iran ...

Two of the world’s most strategic maritime chokepoints, the Suez Canal and the Bab el Mandeb Strait, are bordered by African shores. Attacks by the Houthis, the Yemeni rebel group, on commercial ...

This hard-line stance appeals to the majority of Israelis, who do not think that Palestinians are interested in negotiations or diplomacy. Surveys have repeatedly shown that Israelis overwhelmingly ...

The United States began bombing Iran on February 28 with the goal of destroying the country’s nuclear program, its missile program, and even its government, only to fail spectacularly at each ...

Across Latin America and the Caribbean, voters worried about rising crime have elected populists who promise to impose order and security in their countries. Some observers have read this development ...

Japan’s current strategy benefits the United States. Tokyo is not moving away from its alliance with Washington or seeking strategic autonomy; instead, it is increasing the durability of U.S. power in ...

AI appears to offer autocrats two ways to resolve this long-standing dilemma. First, it means they can now easily monitor and discipline their followers in real time. A change in a local official’s ...