Excerpt An energy revolution is unfolding in the United States — but unlike most past or promised revolutions, this one is not confined to a…
Country or Region: United States
Excerpt Many fear that in the not-too-distant future, the world will be torn apart as the gulf that separates China and the United States grows…
Excerpt No one should casually label the current confrontation between Russia and the West a “new Cold War.” After all, the current crisis hardly matches…
Excerpt The United States is now in a period of austerity, and after years of huge increases, the defense budget is set to be scaled…
Excerpt The energy business has a way of making smart people look dumb. Experts were blindsided by the shale revolution in the United States. For…
Excerpt In early October, U.S. officials accused Iranian operatives of planning to assassinate Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to the United States on American soil. Iran denied…
Excerpt Late last month, after a NATO engagement in Pakistan went wrong and left 25 Pakistani troops dead, the West scrambled to get its story…
Excerpt On January 19, 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao issued a joint statement at the end of Hu’s visit to…
Abstract This article develops a theory about the role of leaders in long-term international bargaining, specifically in the context of negotiations within existing military alliances.…
Abstract This article explains cooperation problems between powerful democratic states and weak non-democratic states in the context of nuclear nonproliferation. Focusing on the interactions of…
Excerpt In “Time to Attack Iran” (January/February 2012), Matthew Kroenig takes a page out of the decade-old playbook used by advocates of the Iraq war.…
Abstract At the end of January, Israeli intelligence officials quietly indicated that they have downgraded their assessments of Iran’s ability to build a nuclear bomb.…
Abstract It might be wise for the United States to resign itself to Iran’s development of nuclear weapons and to focus on deterring the Islamic…
Abstract Why do hedging strategies appear so pervasive in Asia? This article argues that hedging – not balancing or bandwagoning – is the central tendency…
Introduction Walter Russell Mead paints a disturbing portrait of the United States’ geopolitical predicament. As he sees it, an increasingly formidable coalition of illiberal powers…
