Ideas

Why Trump’s Retreat from US Allies Could Have Nuclear Consequences

For decades, America gave allies and partners good reason to shelve their nuclear-weapons efforts.

  • Eric Brewer
Ideas

What Abe Leaves Behind

The security issues facing Japan remain unchanged. Abe's likely successor, Yoshihide Suga, may be forced to confront them on his very first day.

  • Jeffrey W. Hornung
Ideas

Add Taiwan to the International Atomic Energy Agency

Once a near-nuclear power, Taipei has since been an exemplary anti-proliferator — in cold contrast to Beijing.

  • Andrea Stricker
Ideas

Let Japan’s Companies Help

To stay ahead of China, the Pentagon should reach out to allies who have more advanced capabilities than the U.S. Japan is top of the list.

  • Bernice Kiyo Glenn
Threats

Pompeo confirms Russian bounty warning; Harris’ foreign policy; Israel, UAE make up; US mail sorters are disappearing; and a bit more...

  • Kevin Baron and Bradley Peniston
Threats

Kamala Harris on national security; Belarus crackdown; Seoul funds an aircraft carrier; That Russian vaccine; and a bit more….

  • Bradley Peniston and Kevin Baron
Ideas

The Defense Reforms Taiwan Needs

Taipei must stop buying the wrong weapons, restart work on its new strategy, and overhaul its reserve force.

  • Michael Hunzeker and Brian Davis
Ideas

The US Is Out of Position in the Indo-Pacific Region

A truly joint approach is needed, and the Army has several particular roles to play.

  • Nathan Freier, John Schaus, Al Lord, Alison Goldsmith and Col. Elizabeth Martin
Ideas

How a Tiny Indian Ocean Island Could Force a US-UK Rift

Will the U.S. choose its closest ally over the international rule of law?

  • Nilanthi Samaranayake
Ideas

Cool It With the ‘America In Decline’ Talk

Clear-eyed assessment, not reductive defeatism, is required to develop a foreign policy that meets U.S. interests.

  • Daniel DePetris
Ideas

The Pandemic’s Geopolitical Aftershocks Are Coming

Western capitals aren’t just worried about the risk of a resurgence in coronavirus cases.

  • Tom McTague, The Atlantic
Ideas

US, China Should Pursue Peace, Not Military Brinkmanship

Neither side wants to appear weak, but recent actions and rhetoric by both sides has put all of us in greater danger of U.S.-China military tensions sliding into armed conflict.

  • Lyu Jinghua
Ideas

What’s Behind South Korea’s COVID-19 Exceptionalism?

Seven weeks ago, South Korea and the U.S. had the same number of virus deaths. Today, South Korea has fewer than 300, and the U.S. has more than 70,000.

  • Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Ideas

COVID-19 Offers a Golden Opportunity to Reengage with the Indo-Pacific

But the U.S. must act quickly, lest China turn the pandemic to its own advantage.

  • Jeffrey Becker
Ideas

How South Korea Used Technology to Flatten the Coronavirus Curve

A sense of normalcy is beginning to return to the country, thanks to extensive testing and a national system for tracking infected people.

  • Michael Ahn, The Conversation
Threats

America’s Allies Are Becoming a Nuclear-Proliferation Threat

Some of the United States' oldest allies are considering the once-unthinkable: building their own nuclear weapons.

  • Pete McKenzie
Business

F-35 Factory in Japan Shuts Down Amid Coronavirus Outbreak

An F-35 plant in Italy has also been affected by virus-related restrictions.

  • Marcus Weisgerber
Ideas

The Corrosion of World Order in the Age of Donald Trump

Can the world still work together to address today’s most pressing global challenges?

  • Terrence Mullan, Council on Foreign Relations
Policy

Where Could the US Put Its Post-INF Missiles?

It would be a hard slog to get allies to agree to any sort of basing agreement.

  • Samantha Bowers
Ideas

5G Is Where China and the West Finally Diverge

The rollout of speedy new cellular networks is a geopolitical turning point, but neither Trump nor the public yet recognizes this.

  • Lindsay Gorman, The Atlantic
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