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Space should not be seen as a bill to pay, but rather as an investment that generates tangible returns.

A growing number of authoritarian regimes are turning to technology in their efforts to demolish trust in democratic principles and institutions.

Predictably, the latest violence in the Middle East has spawned a slew of theories about the reasons for renewed hostilities between Israel and Gaza.

These games offer an opportunity for America’s public and private sectors to make a powerful statement on human rights.

Just how influential is America's outreach to the Iranian people?

A third of a year into its tenure, the new White House appears to be pulling out all the stops in its efforts to reengage with Tehran, and to demolish the "maximum pressure" policy of its predecessor in the process.

Hamas and Iranian rockets threaten Arab goals as much as the Jewish state.

If President Biden truly believes he and the United States deserve to lead the democracies of the world, then he must lead in engaging Russia.

The report comes as Palestinian leaders in the West Bank and Gaza erect more barriers to peace with Israel, and as they themselves degrade the human rights of the Palestinian people.

As the Biden administration confronts China’s growing assertiveness, the challenges confronting the smallest Pacific Islands should be front of mind.

More than three months into its tenure, the Biden administration has made Iran the focal point of its Mideast policy, and seems intent on reviving the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran, despite that agreement’s numerous flaws.

Washington’s instinctual response to compete with the Belt and Road Initiative dollar-for-dollar is a losing proposition that plays into China’s long game. But with an offensive framework, American policymakers could turn the tables and transform the BRI into an albatross for the Communist Party.

Get ready. "Great power competition" is coming to the Maghreb.

What drives Iran’s new activism in Africa? Moroccan officials point to a number of factors. The first is strategic opportunism, as the African continent grows in global economic and political significance.

A shift in policy is warranted because of the changes taking place in Moscow.

It makes sense that the Biden team would seek to repair relations with Russia, but this may also be perceived as weakness on the part of the White House.

What a difference a few months can make.

JFK lacked the self-confidence to stare down the military and intelligence chiefs who thrust a reckless military plan on him, but he learned from the mistake and grew into a far more seasoned global leader.

China exploits ambiguity at sea, and the service could be a vital part of the effort to keep the peace.

In dealing with Mohammed bin Salman, the United States faces a familiar choice: continue to work with him or press for his ouster as crown prince.

The female cadres of ISIS are now poised to expand as a result of a new generation of extremists now being incubated in Syria’s assorted refugees camps.

The Biden administration, like its predecessor, is poised to withdraw the remaining American troops from Afghanistan — at great cost to both its own and its allies’ interests.

China's geopolitical ambitions in the Middle East took a giant leap forward over the weekend, when Chinese and Iranian officials convened in Tehran to formally sign a massive new cooperation agreement. 

The Biden administration is going to need a coordinated, multifaceted plan to counter the changing shape of the Belt and Road Initiative if it means to truly engage in great-power competition with Beijing.

The United States and China show growing signs of entering a long-term cold war, strikingly similar to the U.S.-Soviet cold war of decades past...

China’s elite are nervous about the coming succession crisis around Xi Jinping.

Evidence mounts that the captive population that the ayatollahs control is seeking change

Iranians are largely pro-Western and are subjugated by an anti-American regime, their interests and those of the United States align in important and, as yet, untapped ways.

The Biden administration has an opportunity to push back against China’s ambitions in the Antarctic and affirm the international institutions that it has promised to revive.

From the outset of the Biden administration, there has been widespread speculation about the future of America's China policy.

Something profound is taking shape inside Iran. Mere months from the country's next presidential election, and in the midst of a U.S. push for reengagement with its clerical regime, recent days have seen new signs of life from—and coordination among—Iran's notoriously fragmented opposition.

The question now is whether, as the ICC seeks to assume more power and expand its jurisdictional authority, its upcoming probe will generate more unwarranted slanders against the Jewish state.

U.S. territories and possessions in the Pacific and the Caribbean find themselves on the front lines of Beijing's malign influence, economic predation, and military ambitions.

Since the very start of President Biden’s term in office, speculation has swirled about whether his administration — which is now busy reshaping U.S. policy toward the Middle East and Europe — will stay the course when it comes to the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

Just weeks into its tenure, the Biden administration is already executing a profound pivot in the Middle East.

Washington should have every interest in nurturing Riyadh’s current course, and ample reason to fear the potential consequences of nudging it in the opposite direction.

In mid-January, the White House declassified the "United States Strategic Framework for the Indo-Pacific," a document which had guided U.S. policy toward the region over the past several years

Iran is "at least two years" away from developing a nuclear weapon.

When it comes to China, President Joe Biden has proven himself something of a wild card.

No matter how warm relations between Washington and Delhi become, history shows that some level of non-alignment will always be part of India’s policies.

VOA can play a crucial role in outreach to the Iranian people. But the White House should get serious about fixing its problems.

Last week, five Pacific islands countries withdrew from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF), the region’s premier multilateral organization.

The Pacific Island Forum is in danger of breaking apart and may only make great power tensions with China worse.

The Space Force is an indispensable part of that forward-looking vision; it represents a key instrument of American technological leadership and diplomacy.

A year into the coronavirus, the progression of the disease in the Middle East is decidedly mixed. Some countries, such the nations of the GCC, have weathered the pandemic comparatively well as a result of what scholars have termed "authoritarian management." Other nations, however, have been profoundly ravaged by the illness.

Make no mistake. Whatever they might proclaim publicly, Iran's leaders are desperate for a new diplomatic agreement with the West.

Biden has said that he wants to take a more conciliatory approach with Iran, but the Iran-al-Qaida relationship makes that challenging.

Suddenly, Iran's ayatollahs are on the offensive once again.

[T] president has one unresolved China item on his desk that could be his administration's most consequential China policy yet: a formal finding, under the Genocide Convention, of genocide in Xinjiang.

[T]he Israel-Morocco deal should also be seen as a boon for the incoming Biden administration