By Stavroula Pabst on Nov 25, 2024 03:52 pm
No, you heard it right. Last week in a Fox News appearance, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said outright that the war in Ukraine is “about money.” Read in browser »
By Karthik Sankaran on Nov 25, 2024 10:12 am
Late Friday, president-elect Donald Trump announced his pick for Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent. The announcement had taken a longer time than other appointments, suggesting a period of extended infighting within the coalition on economic policies and personnel. Read in browser »
By Feng Zhang on Nov 25, 2024 12:05 am
Over the past decade, China has grown increasingly concerned about its waning leverage over North Korea and inability to restrain Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions. Read in browser »
By Daniel Larison on Nov 25, 2024 12:05 am
The U.S. must retrench for the sake of its own security, but there are many domestic political obstacles that make retrenchment practically impossible under current conditions. The status quo strategy of military primacy is too deeply entrenched and there are too many established interests committed to its preservation. Read in browser »
By Stavroula Pabst on Nov 22, 2024 12:05 am
Beyond Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon, Israel now appears to have set its sights as well on the festering conflict with Syria, constructing developments in a critical buffer zone between the two countries in violation of a previous ceasefire agreement and sparking fears of further conflict escalation in the region. Read in browser »
By Anatol Lieven on Nov 21, 2024 01:08 pm
The UK has apparently given the greenlight for Kyiv to use its Storm Shadow missiles for attacking inside Russia. While the British government has not commented publicly, the Ukrainian military used the missiles to strike Russia for the first time on Wednesday. Read in browser »