The most important international development of the last two decades has been the rise ofChina as a great economic and military power. AsChinatransformed, many Western scholars and policymakers…

The Strait of Hormuz links the majority of the world’s peoplewho live along the shores ofAsia and East Africato the heart of theMiddle East. Long before the discovery of oil, it was the world’s…

Russia’s attack on American elections in 2016, described in Special CounselRobert Mueller’s recent report as “sweeping and systematic,” came as a shock to many. It shouldn’t have…

Last week the Iranian navy launched a surprise attack on British shipping, seizing an oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz. As if sensing overreach, figures from across Iran’s political spectrum…

Tensions with Iran are escalating. The Iranians have staged a number of sabotage attacks on oil tankers earlier this month, and have seized a British vessel. Their proxies – the Houthis - have…

Iran has now exceeded the amount of low enriched uranium that it can have stockpiled as part of the JCPOA, the Iran nuclear deal. Its Foreign Minister, Javad Zarif, announced it will soon start…

Illustration by Ali Almandalawi Early Life and Education Ivanka was born on October 30, 1991, in Manhattan, New York to mother Ivana Marie Trump…

Speaking at theMunich Security Conferencein early 2019, former Vice PresidentJoe Bidenhad a reassuring message for European politicians, diplomats, and military leaders worried about American…

In late May, after issuing public comments and tweets criticizing the Mexican government,U.S. PresidentDonald Trumpthreatened to impose a five percent tariff on imports fromMexicoif the country did…

The European Union’s Foreign Ministers are making a last-ditch push to save the JCPOA, battered by the US withdrawal last year and Iran’s escalating violations of the limits on its nuclear program…