Michael Christopher Low worries that any bid by the US to seize Kharg Island could jeopardize the region’s desalination facilities.

Nouriel Roubini thinks President Donald Trump is on the hook politically to try to “finish the job” of regime change.

Helen Clark warns that a US ground operation will only escalate the conflict and add to the nuclear-proliferation risk.

Michael Spence explains why single points of failure have proliferated in recent decades and considers how to boost resilience.

S. Alex Yang & Angela Huyue Zhang explain why China’s approach to scaling AI could determine who wins the global tech race.

James K. Galbraith marvels at the discontinuity between Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy and his Iran misadventure.

Michael R. Strain argues that the benefits of substantial gains would outweigh the costs in advanced economies.

Anne O. Krueger laments that the “America First” trade agenda has destabilized the world order with little to show for it.

Stephen Holmes thinks Donald Trump will draw the wrong lesson from countries' reluctance to help clear the Strait of Hormuz.

From Venezuela to Iran, US President Donald Trump’s administration has apparently embraced a simple mantra: attack now, plan later. In Cuba’s case, the attack has so far taken the form not of ...

Savita Pawnday is Executive Director of the Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect at the Ralph Bunche Institute for ...

Peter Singer & Savita Pawnday rebut the view that the United Nations-endorsed R2P doctrine cleared a legal path to the ...