The Wagner Group leader has grievously wounded Putin’s carefully cultivated reputation for strength not only on the world stage but also in Russia itself, where weakness brings out the wolves in force. Read it here.

A lack of U.S. leadership and vision has left the Western hemisphere vulnerable to authoritarian encroachment, weak economies, and populations at risk. Read it here.

Washington cannot afford to take China's growing presence in the Middle East for granted. Read it here.

In a recently released report, RAND researchers evaluated Taiwan’s capacity to resist high-end attacks. Read it here.

Critics of the Biden administration’s Ukraine policy face a major challenge in trying to change public and congressional attitudes as long as the U.S. itself is not drawn directly into the fighting there. Read it here.