Vice President Kamala Harris was calm and composed, playing the role of matador to former president Donald Trump’s bull. Read it here.

Major offensive operations only divert Kyiv’s limited resources from what its primary task should be: stabilizing the frontlines and protecting the eighty percent of Ukraine’s internationally recognized territory that Kyiv now controls. Read it here.

There are four reasons why the coming year could be the year the Ukraine war ends—and plenty of reasons why it might continue for the foreseeable future. Read it here.

Ukraine’s example shows that investments in its civil sector over the past fifteen to twenty years have resulted in a strong democratic ecosystem. Read it here.

Becoming a threshold state, rather than developing a nuclear deterrent outright or continuing to rely on the U.S. umbrella, may be the ROK’s best option. Read it here.