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Cécile Shea and Paul Heer discuss President Biden's recent trip to the Middle East and the power competition between China and the US.

In spite of Trump, Shinzo Abe was still able to strengthen US-Japan relations during his time as Prime Minister.

Paul Heer argues that US engagement with China has not failed - it just has not succeeded yet, and is still worth trying.

Paul Poast and Stephen Walt have a conversation on their recent articles covering realism and a defense of realism.

Nonresident Fellow Cecile Shea reflects on her close work with the Abe administration as a senior embassy official in Tokyo with CBC’s Aarti Pole.

“A series of radical rulings makes America’s exhortations about promoting democracy ring hollow,” write Senior Fellows Elizabeth Shackelford and Dina Smeltz.

Paul Heer argues that, after the invasion of Ukraine, the United States must recognize and confront its foreign policy blind spots.

NATO welcomed Finland and Sweden, marking “a very good day for those who care about freedom and democracy in Europe," says Ivo Daalder on CBC.

Banning abortion “doesn't look like a particularly democratic move for a country that purports to be a beacon of democracy,” says Elizabeth Shackelford on WGN-9.

"US sales of lethal firearms aren’t just a domestic issue," argues Nonresident Senior Fellow Robert Muggah in Foreign Policy.