The Biden administration’s last-minute AI regulations will undermine American technological competitiveness. Read it here.

Turkey, Iran, and Israel are vying for control of the Levant. Read it here.

The dramatic collapse of the Assad government should clear the way for desperately needed reforms to the U.S. sanctions regime. Read it here.

The incoming Trump administration could work with Congress to develop a strategic investment credit to marshal financing to save American steel. Read it here.

Has China truly peaked, or does it still possess the resources and political structure needed to sustain its rise? Can the U.S. under a second Trump administration be counted on as a reliable ally for Japan? And what collective strategies might rival Beijing’s global economic reach? On January 6, the Center for the National Interest hosted a discussion with Tatsuya Terazawa, Chairman and CEO of the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan. Watch it here.