There Is Only One Sphere of Influence
Why the United States can project power with little constraint—and its rivals cannot… Read More Here
Tag: Foreign Policy
India’s Middle-Power Dilemma
It will take time for the India’s foreign-policy establishment to move away from “strategic autonomy” as a guiding principle, as recent US behavior has confirmed skeptics’ arguments that the West is unreliable. Read More Here
Taiwan is ‘most important’ issue in China-US ties, Xi Tells Trump
Chinese readout says Xi urged caution on US arms sales to Taiwan as Trump pledged dialogue to keep bilateral relations positive and stable. Read More Here
Fit For Purpose? Why Global Alliances Are in Decline
In the 21st century alliances ceased to fulfill their key function — preventing conflicts. Instead, they have increasingly become sources of tension as old mechanisms of collective security no longer correspond to new realities. Read More Here
America Must Salvage Its Relationship With India
…or risk losing a global swing state… Read More Here
Iran and the Limits of American Power
What a U.S. military strike would and would not achieve. Read More Here
How Trump’s Foreign Policy Gambits Are Reshaping the World
The sprawl of activity, unmatched by any modern American President, is the Trump Doctrine in action: American power as a lever deployed at will, subject to change at his whim, concentrated not in institutions but in the person of the President. Read More Here
The Emerging World Order Looks Like the Old One
What is replacing the current world order looks very much like what came before it, a world where the strong do as they wish and the weak accept what they must. Read More Here
The Precedents to Trump’s Venezuela Operation
In ousting and arresting Nicolás Maduro, US President Donald Trump wants the political gains of fighting a war without actually having to fight one. Whereas fascists and imperialists know that war requires real combat, Trump seems unwilling or unable to go that far. Read More Here
With Great Power Comes Great Insecurity
Why stronger states are more fearful than weaker ones. Read More Here
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