Test flights
Why is China flying extraordinary bombing formations toward Taiwan? Bonnie Glaser on the tense balancing act among Beijing, Taipei, and Washington.
Depth charge
Why is the U.S. selling nuclear submarines to Australia? Jonathan Tepperman on Beijing’s aggressiveness, Washington’s strategy, and trouble with Paris.
Keep your enemies closer
Are there no choices left other than to recognize the Taliban as the government of Afghanistan? Chimène Keitner on the strategic decisions facing the U.S. and the international community.
Beyond Afghanistan
What does the failure of the U.S.-backed state-building project there mean globally? Larry Diamond on insecurity, corruption, bad neighbors, and democratic resilience.
Restoration drama
Does the United States have a strategy for competing with China? G. John Ikenberry on repairing alliances, solving problems, and maneuvering for power.
Origin story
Did COVID-19 come from a lab leak? Angela Rasmussen on bats, laboratories, and pandemic history.
The new marauders
What’s behind recent ransomware attacks on critical U.S. industries? Dmitri Alperovitch on kingpins, safe havens, and large transactions.
This is now
Why did deadly conflict suddenly break out again in Israel and Gaza this month? Natan Sachs on the complex connections among evictions, elections, rockets, and tunnels.
Telling it like it was
Why did the American administration just recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915? Steven Cook on U.S.-Turkey relations and moral values in foreign policy.
It’s always there, it always wins
What’s behind America’s combative new approach to its authoritarian rivals?
