The administration has a broader geopolitical agenda—one that includes countering China’s economic leverage, particularly Beijing’s reliance on Iranian oil. Read it here.

With USAID now folded into the State Department, the Trump administration should focus on realigning U.S. global development aid toward strategic competition with China. Read it here.

South Korea and the United States must leverage nuclear cooperation to cut costs, boost energy security, accelerate decarbonization, and lead the global nuclear energy market. Read it here.

There are good reasons to anticipate evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, change to NATO and European defense. Read it here.

China’s deep-sea mining deal with the Cook Islands raises the stakes in critical mineral competition, with the United States at risk of falling behind. Read it here.