United States

Balancing Costs and Fairness: The Loss of Focus on Social Values

Bruno S. Sergi • Aug 10 2025 • Articles

US tariffs and the EU’s integrationist competitiveness funds both view social spending as a consequence, rather than a contributing factor, to equitable and sustainable growth.

Strategic or Symbolic? Reassessing Hiroshima and Nagasaki Eighty Years On

Markus Schindler • Aug 6 2025 • Articles

Eighty years on, the available information suggest that the US leadership overestimated the strategic impact of the nuclear bombings on Japan.

US Bombing of Iran and the Transition to a New International Legal Order

Masahiro Matsumura • Jul 18 2025 • Articles

The choices made in response to the US action against Iran will determine whether power, not law, will define the contours of world politics in the 21st century.

Review – Turkey and the West

Pınar Buket Kılınç Pala • Jul 16 2025 • Features

Kirişci traces Turkey–West tensions through history with sharp analysis, though post-2020 shifts call for updates to address today’s more complex geopolitical landscape.

Opinion – International Students Are a High-Return Investment for the United States

Mohammad Javad Mousavizadeh • Jun 29 2025 • Articles

The US, a global magnet for over a million international students annually, gains far more than academic prestige from this influx.

Opinion – Rethinking the China Challenge

Richard W. Coughlin • Jun 27 2025 • Articles

The central task is not merely to outcompete China, but to reimagine power in a world of environmental limits and democratic erosion.

Could Trump and Putin Solve the Cyprus Conflict?

William Mallinson • May 19 2025 • Articles

As the talks on re-uniting Cyprus grind on it is time to consider the potential effect of the current fluidity and re-setting of inter-state relations.

US Narratives Versus Reality on Taiwan

Zhehao Du • May 13 2025 • Articles

Beijing’s increase in military activity and diplomatic pressure remain consistent with earlier patterns and do not mark a fundamental shift toward armed reunification.

Opinion – Reassessing Military Misconceptions in the American-Japanese Alliance

Julian McBride • May 12 2025 • Articles

The US-Japanese alliance should continue to expand and enhance military cooperation throughout the Indo-Pacific.

Opinion – On Defense, Don’t Let the Rhetoric Exceed the Funding

Wayne A. Schroeder • May 11 2025 • Articles

The US must get its fiscal house in order and refocus on the emerging security environment.

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