Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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A view of a sign for the Harvard Kennedy School of Government on July 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Do Policy Schools Still Have a Point?
Reflections of a career-long public policy professor at a time of global upheaval.
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador participates in a parade to celebrate the 112th anniversary of the Mexican Revolution in Mexico City. Why the U.S.-Mexico Relationship Could Get Even Worse
Next year’s near-simultaneous elections and a spiral of escalatory rhetoric spell danger, but there is a way out.
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Bags with coca paste, a crude extract of the coca leaf, are pictured at a laboratory in a municipality of Nariño department, Colombia, on May 11. The U.S. Military Can’t Solve the Fentanyl Crisis
A trendy idea among GOP candidates would fail, just as it did in Colombia.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a speech during the Victory Day military parade at Red Square in central Moscow. The Dangerous Loophole in Western Sanctions on Russia
Putin’s weaponry runs on advanced electronic components obtained from a hidden international market.
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People's Liberation Army soldiers assemble during military training in Kashgar, Xinjiang region, China. China Prefers Guns to Butter
As the economy declines, the CCP leans heavily on the army.
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Activists wearing masks of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Joe Biden pose with mock nuclear missiles in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin on Jan. 29, 2021. With Nuclear Threats, Putin Plays the West Like a Fiddle
It’s time for Washington to see through the Kremlin’s mind games.
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A man with gray hair and glasses looks down at his cell phone as he sits in a chair in front of a storefront crowded with shelves of cables, motorized saws, and other hardware-type supplies. Xi’s Policies Have Shortened the Fuse on China’s Economic Time Bomb
Policy mistakes have mired the country in “Xi-flation.”
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend a Quad event in Tokyo on May 24, 2022. Never Say Never to an Asian NATO
A collective security bloc suddenly looks more plausible—never mind the denials.
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Bouquets of red roses surround a framed portrait of Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin. The items are placed atop Prigozhin's grave. Prigozhin’s Assassination Was Business, Not Revenge
The Wagner chief broke the deal struck with Putin for his survival.
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US entrepreneur and 2024 Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy raps after doing a Fair Side Chat with Governor Kim Reynolds, at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on August 12, 2023. The Con-Man Realism of Vivek Ramaswamy
The Republican presidential candidate’s foreign-policy platform is false advertising.
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A U.S. Navy sailor walks past an F/A-18F fighter jet on the flight deck of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in the port of Busan, South Korea, on March 28. U.S. Deterrence Against China Is Not Working
With U.S. military superiority in Asia no longer a given, defense planners need a different strategy.
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Philanthropist George Soros delivers a speech on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 24, 2019. Why Soros Is Retreating From Europe
His foundation’s recalibration to the global south reflects the failure of democracy promotion on the continent.
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An illustration of the profile of a white-haired politician surrounded by a wheel of zodiac signs against a starry setting Astrology Won’t Liberate Anyone
Attempts to build a left-wing occultism are fundamentally unserious.
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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leaves the Palacio de La Moneda in Santiago. Latin America Doesn’t Want to Be Forced Into Cold War 2.0
A new U.S. approach can redress past errors.
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A billboard promoting contract army service is seen in front of the Wagner Group center in St. Petersburg. New Russian Law Takes Corporate Hostages
Western companies’ assets are under threat.
