"So long as ocean traffic remains vital to the global economy, the command of the seas, or at least the ability to project interests on and across them, will remain a key pursuit of major powers," Paul Poast writes.
The Trump administration got a relatively easy win in deescalating the India-Pakistan conflict. It's not doing so well in Gaza and Ukraine, Paul Poast writes.
Several states that had long been under the US nuclear umbrella are considering developing their own nuclear weapons. Paul Poast digs into the implications.