Ideas
The Defense Reforms Taiwan Needs
Taipei must stop buying the wrong weapons, restart work on its new strategy, and overhaul its reserve force.
Ideas
The US Is Out of Position in the Indo-Pacific Region
A truly joint approach is needed, and the Army has several particular roles to play.
Ideas
How a Tiny Indian Ocean Island Could Force a US-UK Rift
Will the U.S. choose its closest ally over the international rule of law?
Ideas
Cool It With the ‘America In Decline’ Talk
Clear-eyed assessment, not reductive defeatism, is required to develop a foreign policy that meets U.S. interests.
Ideas
The Pandemic’s Geopolitical Aftershocks Are Coming
Western capitals aren’t just worried about the risk of a resurgence in coronavirus cases.
Ideas
US, China Should Pursue Peace, Not Military Brinkmanship
Neither side wants to appear weak, but recent actions and rhetoric by both sides has put all of us in greater danger of U.S.-China military tensions sliding into armed conflict.
Ideas
What’s Behind South Korea’s COVID-19 Exceptionalism?
Seven weeks ago, South Korea and the U.S. had the same number of virus deaths. Today, South Korea has fewer than 300, and the U.S. has more than 70,000.
Ideas
COVID-19 Offers a Golden Opportunity to Reengage with the Indo-Pacific
But the U.S. must act quickly, lest China turn the pandemic to its own advantage.
Ideas
How South Korea Used Technology to Flatten the Coronavirus Curve
A sense of normalcy is beginning to return to the country, thanks to extensive testing and a national system for tracking infected people.
Threats
America’s Allies Are Becoming a Nuclear-Proliferation Threat
Some of the United States' oldest allies are considering the once-unthinkable: building their own nuclear weapons.
Business
F-35 Factory in Japan Shuts Down Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
An F-35 plant in Italy has also been affected by virus-related restrictions.
Ideas
The Corrosion of World Order in the Age of Donald Trump
Can the world still work together to address today’s most pressing global challenges?
Policy
Where Could the US Put Its Post-INF Missiles?
It would be a hard slog to get allies to agree to any sort of basing agreement.
Ideas
5G Is Where China and the West Finally Diverge
The rollout of speedy new cellular networks is a geopolitical turning point, but neither Trump nor the public yet recognizes this.
Ideas
Best of 2019: Ideas
Revisit some of the best op-eds and commentary we had the privilege of publishing over the past year.
Threats
US Military Should Deepen Its Use of Deception, Pacific Air Forces General Says
“Gadget" culture won’t beat China, says Gen. Charles Q. Brown.
Ideas
The Trump Administration’s ‘Denuclearization’ Is A Road to Nowhere
U.S. policy will remain stuck as long as the administration continues to convince itself that the North’s nuclear dismantlement can be achieved on Washington’s timeline.
Ideas
America's Rivalry With China Is Nothing Like the Cold War
In today’s circumstances, Cold War–era policies are not only unnecessary, but likely to catalyze a destructive spiral of heightening tensions that would make the world a more dangerous place.
Threats
How North Korea Soured on Donald Trump
Kim Jong Un only wanted to engage with the president. Now he’s turning on him.
Ideas