A few weeks later, the president told a business forum that after Iran, Cuba “is next.” Already, the United States has imposed a near-total oil blockade of the country, plunging much of it into ...
But U.S. leaders have also frequently cast intervention as something the local population wants, as Vice President Dick Cheney famously did in 2003, when he predicted that U.S. troops would be greeted ...
In a revelatory book, Farrell and Newman describe how the United States has turned its control over information networks into a hidden tool of economic domination—and warn of the risks of Washington’s ...
China today faces an imposing list of challenges that it needs to assess and address. Economic growth is slowing, the population is aging, the financial system is under stress, and other countries ...
The Trump administration’s motivations for going to war in Iran remain in question. But amid all the debates over the state of the Iranian nuclear program and the condition of the regime, one crucial ...
Eighteen months into his second U.S. presidential term, it may appear that Donald Trump has permanently altered his country’s relationships with its transatlantic allies. His rhetoric toward partners ...
Eighteen months into his second U.S. presidential term, it may appear that Donald Trump has permanently altered his country’s relationships with its transatlantic allies. His rhetoric toward partners ...
The war in Ukraine has reached a turning point. Since the failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive, Russia’s full-scale invasion settled into a predictable rhythm of summer and winter offensives, ...
For the last two months, Iran and the United States have carried out fitful, unsuccessful peace negotiations. After striking a very shaky ceasefire agreement at the beginning of April, officials from ...
The past year has also illustrated that the American military remains highly capable of carrying out complex, targeted operations. But the Iran war shows that the U.S. military needs to be ready for ...
The war in Ukraine has reached a turning point. Since the failure of Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive, Russia’s full-scale invasion settled into a predictable rhythm of summer and winter offensives, ...
On May 30, Israeli and Lebanese military delegations met at the Pentagon to prepare for a fourth round of diplomatic negotiations intended to end the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the Lebanon ...