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Does the G7 still make sense?

The reducing relevance of small-group, closed-door global governance

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This is not a peace accord. It is a tactical timeout, a fragile, mutually convenient pause between two exhausted adversaries

The Tokyo Trial's forgotten evidence

Despite its shortcomings, the Tokyo Trial marked the first time in human history that international judicial practice systematically established aggressive war as an international crime and made clear that national leaders must bear individual criminal responsibility for launching wars of aggression. It sent a signal to the world that aggression would be punished and atrocities would be brought to justice

The Evolution of America's Strategic Architecture

From Powell to Wolfowitz to Colby, a common thread emerges: the pursuit of stability through control

When the world comes knocking

What a chorus of high-level Beijing visits might mean for a fractured world order
The Emergence of a 'Grand Bargain'

Insights on the new agreements between China and the U.S.

Paving Way for Stable, Mutually Beneficial China-U.S. Ties

The two nations stand at a pivotal moment for forging a strategic, constructive and stable relationship based on a new type of framework for major-country relations

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Where the Axe Didn't Fall

In the peculiar theater of Washington's budget wars, the axe always seems to fall everywhere except on the machinery of confrontation with China

A Pause, Not a Peace

The Islamabad talks neither prevented the blockade nor closed the diplomatic door. But they revealed a sobering truth. After four decades of enmity and two rounds of devastating war, Washington and Tehran trust each other so little that they prepare for battle even as they sit at the bargaining table

Heroic or Hegemonic?

Why has the moral significance of U.S. rescue missions shifted so dramatically over time?

The Strait of Hormuz: Trump's Looming Waterloo?

It seems that the Strait of Hormuz has become a defining test for U.S. President Donald Trump, with the strategic waterway threatening to upend his political future