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How the United States Can Cooperate While Competing With China
The tensions between the United States and China aren't going anywhere, but there is still room to work together. -
Remembering the Montgomery Ward Seizure: FDR and War Production Powers
On its anniversary, the Montgomery Ward episode is a stark reminder of what unleashing wartime government power over industry has actually looked like. -
ChinaTalk: Coronastories Volume 2: Philippines, Russia, Taiwan
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ChinaTalk: Dispatches from Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong
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The Limits of the World Health Organization
President Trump has begun to target the WHO for its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. But the organization had problems long before Trump. -
Russia’s Recent Space Activity Is a Return to Old Form
Russia appears to have resumed anti-satellite weapons testing. What’s so dangerous about the Russian tests? What can the U.S. do to respond? -
Abdullah al-Faisal's Global Jihad
How a Jamaican preacher now facing extradition to the United States rose through the extremist ranks. -
COVID-19 Is a Severe Test for Germany’s Postwar Constitution
The coronavirus pandemic tests multiple aspects of the country’s postwar constitutional order: emergency powers, federalism, separation of powers and individual rights. -
The Middle East Unraveling
A review of Kim Ghattas, “Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East” (Henry Holt & Co., 2020) -
The State Department Should Designate the Russian Imperial Movement as a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Designation of the Russian Imperial Movement as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist is an important step, but it should be designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization, too. -
Understanding Hungary’s Authoritarian Response to the Pandemic
The coronavirus has accelerated a decade-long democratic crisis in Hungary, during which Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has weaponized rhetoric and manufactured outside threats to gradually consolidate his ... -
Maximum Pressure Still Won’t Sway Iran
The aggressive U.S. strategy has raised tensions in Iraq without creating prospects for a resolution.


