International relations

Syria focuses on diplomacy amid Iran war

On April 9, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Hassan al Shaibani traveled to Turkey, where he met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan. It was Damascus’s second meeting with...

Global repercussions of transnational repression

Europe’s Iran Moment

Iran is cracking from within. Europe must decide whether to shape what comes next.

Big Yikes in Syria, Part XXXVII

How the US Can Fight Foreign Malign Influence

The most effective strategy to combat foreign influence is to ensure the effort remains unpoliticized and non-partisan.

The UN Cybercrime Treaty: A Trojan Horse for Suppressing Dissent

Shaping the Future of Cyber Diplomacy

Review for State Department Reauthorization

Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National Security

The Despotic Duo

Russo-Iranian Cooperation and Threats to U.S. Interests

Tightening the Belt or End of the Road? China’s BRI at 10

Here’s how to fix the supplemental’s shortcomings on Taiwan

The White House submitted a $105 billion supplemental spending package to Congress on Friday. The proposal seeks to help three beleaguered democracies — Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan —...

Can NATO Finally Make the 2 Percent Stick?

The Vilnius summit will test whether Europe’s wealthiest countries can get serious about defense.

Five urgent steps to prevent American military defeat in the Pacific

As lawmakers in Washington move this month to consider the fiscal 2024 defense budget and annual defense authorization bill, the United States is on a path toward military defeat in the Pacific. China’s...

China’s Accelerating CEEW Campaign

America’s arsenal is in need of life support

The United States is set to face a raft of consequences if urgent measures are not taken to expand its production capacity for military munitions. For many years, the Defense Department and Congress together...

Don’t Just Applaud Ukraine’s Counteroffensive. Time To Send More Weapons

The Ukrainian counteroffensives around Kharkiv and Kherson have erased months of Moscow’s territorial gains and destroyed or captured large amounts of Russian military equipment, ammunition, and...

Expedite arms deliveries to beleaguered democracies

Fielded combat capabilities — not arms sales announcements from Washington — are what help America’s beleaguered democratic partners such as Taiwan deter and defeat aggression. Despite this fact,...

Biden Can No Longer Ignore Growing Iran-China Ties

Washington may be tired of the Middle East, but Beijing is just getting started.

Collusion or Collision?

Turkey-Russia Relations Under Erdogan and Putin

Erdogan’s Belligerence Has U.S., Greece Expanding Ties

Growing military cooperation offers Washington a hedge against Ankara and Moscow.