Initial American success against Iran has settled into protracted unpredictability. Things are not going exactly as planned for the United States, and significant unforeseen costs of war may emerge.
The security foundation on which the GCC’s economic model was built has been seriously undermined. Unless these nations can forge a new, credible framework, it will be difficult to sustain the foreign ...
While the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Trump administration’s IEEPA tariffs, Washington has continued to pursue unilateral tariff policies through other legal mechanisms, creating ongoing ...
Even as the United States attempts to nudge its allies toward taking a tougher line on China, Washington is increasingly seen as an unreliable partner. Its pressure no longer brings automatic ...
An effective balance of power rests on the management of strategic uncertainty, whereas Donald Trump’s approach actively manufactures uncertainty. It cuts against the core tenets of traditional theory ...
The formal revocation of the U.S. environmental agency’s greenhouse gas “endangerment finding” undermines a foundational pillar of the government’s climate policy and will significantly impede the ...
The Munich Security Conference reveals a shift in transatlantic ties as AI security becomes central to global debate. Europe is increasingly linking AI policy to technological autonomy, seeking to ...
From trade to conflict, diplomacy to humanitarianism, China-US Focus traces the lines that connect the world’s nations. Reflecting our belief that the Chinese-American partnership is the most ...
Chinese AI startup Moonshot’s chatbot Kimi closely mirrors Anthropic’s Claude, highlighting how imitation, distillation, and API compatibility have become common practices in the global AI race. The e ...