China has quietly established authority over whether and how the United States will implement national security measures such as export controls. Stylistic changes in how the United States conducts ...

When U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping meet in Beijing this week, it will be a modern standoff with the unmistakable overtones of single combat. Summits are often less ...

MATTHEW SHARP is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Nuclear Security Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He worked on nuclear issues at the State Department and at ...

In March, Trump hosted 12 Latin American leaders at a Florida country club for the first summit of the “Shield of the Americas,” a new, U.S.-led regional security initiative to counter drug cartels ...

For the Middle East, the war in Iran has been another tough lesson in how divisions and competition can yield brutal conflict. But for most of the world, the war has been a lesson in something else: ...

In recent years, speculation among analysts, experts, and scholars that America’s two key allies in the Indo-Pacific could finally pursue nuclear weapons has intensified. The eminent diplomat Henry ...

Over the course of a four-day tour, he admired the Gulf capitals’ “gleaming marvels,” cheered on their ambitious modernization plans, and showcased over $3 trillion in pledged Gulf investment and ...

Over the course of a four-day tour, he admired the Gulf capitals’ “gleaming marvels,” cheered on their ambitious modernization plans, and showcased over $3 trillion in pledged Gulf investment and ...

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VICTOR CHA is Senior Vice President and Korea Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Distinguished University Professor at Georgetown. From 2004 to 2007, he was Director for ...