Politics

A blue wave could hinder Trump's domestic agenda but still leave his foreign policy unchecked

Putin appears determined to avoid a general mobilization. But will the mounting death toll in Ukraine force his hand?

Iran is tapping into the gig economy for attacks abroad via gangs, drug traffickers, and other for-hire criminal proxies. How prepared is the West?

AI labs are warning of extinction-level threats and say they want to slow down. Game theory explains why none of them is likely to do so.

Canada is leading a new “Middle-Power” push to rebuild the world’s crumbling multilateral order. Shared unease with US and Chinese leadership may not be enough to construct an alternative.

For decades, Japan has been an economic giant but a marginal military power. That's changing.

The recent surge in support for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) challenges one post-World War II norm while the German government is trying to overturn another

In Iran, the United States confronted a regime whose spine was stiffened in part by revolutionary fervor. Military action against Cuba could encounter the same source of implacability.

After September 11, Beijing declared a “period of strategic opportunity” created by US military overextension in the Middle East and Central Asia. The Iran war may be creating another such window.