Commentary and Analysis

While many in the West see the outcome of the war as determined by military action and shifts in battlefield positions, in Ukraine, long term integration with the West is the most important goal.

Seoul has balanced between domestic concerns and external threats, Karl Friedhoff writes, but economic realities now threaten the equilibrium.

"The US military footprint in the Greater Middle East is undermining US strategic priorities elsewhere in the world," Paul Poast argues.

"The longer the conflict goes on, the more likely neighbors start choosing sides, raising the risk of sustained fighting in the long term," Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

“National security leaks can become political Rorschach tests—inevitably interpreted through one’s partisan or ideological lens,” writes Dan Drezner.

On Deep Dish, we discuss if the ROK and Japan can finally resolve their fight over history and cooperate on Asia security.

Stockholm’s attempts to accommodate Turkey in no way guarantee admittance to NATO, argues Kjell Engelbrekt with Michael Sahlin.

"Having our embassy shut down and all of our diplomats leave ... does reduce our leverage," Elizabeth Shackelford tells Steve Scully.

“Not having enough supplies to continue fighting is probably the fastest way” to end the conflict, Lizzy Shackelford tells Andrea Mitchell.

NATO doesn't see Russia as a threat, it sees it as its enemy, argues Council President Ivo Daalder.