Commentary and Analysis

Trade will remain a key arena of great power competition between the US and China, Paul Poast writes.

Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian, Ryan Heath, and Carla Anne Robbins join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

We explore how the 1998 US embassy bombings in Kenya forever changed the way the US government protects its representatives abroad.

Sixty-one percent of the US public is uneasy with only the president having the power to authorize the use of nuclear weapons.

"The question isn't really one of 'whether,' but one of 'when'" Ukraine becomes a member of NATO, says Ivo Daalder.

Jamil Anderlini, Catherine Philp, and Peter Spiegel join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.

Niger is far from the only place to experience a coup over the past few years, Paul Poast writes.

"This coup will likely make matters worse in a country where things might have been getting better," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

Discover the power of cinema as we unpack the 'Oppenheimer' movie's ability to resurface long-forgotten fears and inspire dialogue around nuclear consciousness.

Western outreach to the Global South should not reject China, but rather focus on the rules of the liberal, capitalist system that the US and China thrive in.