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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.