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 ...

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 ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Since the Cold War ended, Russia has sought to shape Europe’s security architecture and impose its will on smaller neighbors. The Kremlin has also clashed with the United States and Europe at the ...

But it is not the first time a group of like-minded countries have been at peace for an extended time period. From 1598 to 1894, most of East Asia—China, Japan, Korea, the Ryukyu Kingdom (now part of ...

Dueling blockades have kept 20 percent of the global oil supply, 20 percent of the global supply of liquefied natural gas, and critical commodities such as helium, aluminum, and urea trapped inside ...

Among American commentators, the reaction was immediate and intense. “The Supreme Court dealt President Trump perhaps the biggest blow of his second term,” said the CNN host Fareed Zakaria. The New ...