China's wrongful detainment of foreign citizens, particularly corporate executives, in ...

The defining feature of Washington’s Iran policy right now is not a single strike package or a single speech. It is the sequence. The US entered a large, high-tempo campaign against Iran, and only ...

China condemned the operation that started the Iran War but refrained from direct involvement, revealing limits in its strategic partnerships. The disruption of Iran’s oil exports to China highlights ...

After eight decades of continuous peace in Western Europe, US President Donald Trump is actively sowing the seeds of upheaval. He is bringing back fears of a Germany that is too militarily powerful ...

Japan’s 2026 outlook reflects a resilient economy transitioning from extraordinary monetary easing toward policy normalization, with domestic demand and labor shortages driving steady growth. The ...

Manufacturing investment in the US has surged under positive incentives like the CHIPS Act, demonstrating their effectiveness in attracting capital and fostering innovation. In contrast, unpredictable ...

In Part 1 of this conversation, Claude and I collaborated on an analysis of the arguments developed by C. Raja Mohan in an article in Foreign Affairs with the title, “The Multipolar Delusion.” We ...

Tensions across the Taiwan Strait have intensified in recent years, prompting renewed debate over deterrence, military preparedness and great-power competition. The Pentagon has forecasted that China ...

Pakistan is charting an ambitious course toward a citizen-centric, digitally empowered nation under the Digital Nation Pakistan Act 2025 and the National Digital Commission. At the heart of this ...

In Part 2, my conversation with Claude focused on the question of what it means to characterize today’s geopolitical dynamics as a moment of historical transition. If it truly is a transition, we need ...

Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy American financier, was found dead in his prison cell in an apparent suicide on August 10, 2019. He had been awaiting trial on sex trafficking and conspiracy charges, to ...