Tokyo, Beijing, and new tensions over Taiwan
Map of China, Japan and Taiwan
Why NATO has become a flash point with Russia in Ukraine
A NATO sign marks the seventieth anniversary of the Atlantic alliance in Kyiv, Ukraine. Pierre Crom/Getty Images
Non-NATO ally? Qatar has officially come back in from the cold
President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in the Oval Office of the…
Is Biden’s strategy with Putin working, or goading Moscow to war?
•The Biden administration’s goal is to cut the Russians off at each turn by exposing their plans. But Russian President…
US vs Russia: When redlines fail
Biden and Putin meet in Geneva, June 2021 Guo Chen Xinhua / eyevine / Redux
Master of Deterrence: What Washington could learn from Robert Powell
Nuclear ballistic of Russia
With low-tech, trench warfare, Ukraine’s Army isn’t NATO caliber
•The United States and its allies have trained and helped equip the Ukrainian army. But it has little resemblance to…