United States

Opinion – China’s Saudi-Iran Deal and Omens for US Regional Influence

Shaarif Sameer • Mar 16 2023 • Articles

The pivot to Asia has caused tremendous damage to American leadership in the Middle East, leading to a power vacuum that is being filled by China.

American Support for Closing Military Bases Abroad May Depend on How You Ask

Economic concerns and changing threats may warrant the consolidation of bases but not necessarily the reduction of military presence.

Opinion – What a Stronger Japanese Military Posture Means for Okinawa

Carmina Yu Untalan • Feb 22 2023 • Articles

The more Japan flexes its muscles to protect its citizens and territory, and to prove that it’s a worthy ally to the US, the more it puts Okinawan lives in danger

Opinion – US Export Controls and China’s Semiconductor Industry

Megha Shrivastava • Jan 30 2023 • Articles

The US believes that impairing China’s prospects in industries run on high-end chips will be more fruitful than aiming to retain leverage in other ways.

Russia’s Challenge to Liberal Peacekeeping

Daria Blinova • Jan 23 2023 • Articles

Reliance on outdated approaches creates an inability to agree on a common vision of peacekeeping, which leads to the perpetuation of local conflicts.

Opinion – Biden and the Netanyahu Government: An Inevitable Clash?

Glen Segell • Jan 17 2023 • Articles

If the extremists take control of Netanyahu and not the other way around, it will lead to clashes with Biden that could harm American support of Israel.

Opinion – Can the US and UK Further R2P’s Evolution?

Calista Burpee • Dec 23 2022 • Articles

Governments are making strides on Responsibility to Protect, but they must center affected local populations and civil society to reach the goal of ‘never again’.

Interview – Dov H. Levin

E-International Relations • Dec 21 2022 • Features

Dov Levin discusses electoral interventions, particularly in US elections, the role of cyberattacks and how governments can protect their electoral processes.

Opinion – The Midterm Elections and US Support for Ukraine

Alexander Brotman • Nov 15 2022 • Articles

The greatest challenge for the Republicans is ensuring that their leadership lives up to Zelenskyy’s perception of them as the inheritors of a Reagan-esque tradition.

US Foreign Wars, Mass Marketing, and the Development of Post-Truth Politics

Ido Oren • Sep 29 2022 • Articles

Reality-shaping repetition of talking points, taglines and catchphrases can be traced back to the propaganda campaign of the Wilson administration in 1917.

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