On the heels of his controversial decision to pull out of Syria and abandon the Kurds, our close allies in the fight against the Islamic State, the President’s move to cap Iraqi refugees is sure to raise further doubts about why people in foreign lands should risk their lives to work with the United States.
A potential oil game-changer for China...;
...and new natural gas wealth for the PRC;
A Kazakh investigation into China-linked transport project;
President Trump calls on China to investigate Biden;
Beijing to Prague: Cancelling sister city pact a "breach of faith"
A fruitful Saudi-Russian summit;
A boon for Moscow in the Middle East;
Exercising Russia's nuclear chain of command;
ROSNEFT halts work at Kurdish oil field;
Statistics versus reality
Pakistan's Islamist Voice;
The Al-Hol refugee nightmare;
al-Qaeda, resurgent in Syria;
The long fight against Salafi-jihadism
Resetting the u.s.-china relationship
Taking Stock, and taking action
Shifting paradigms in U.S.-China relations
Party power and repression in the age of ai
U.S. foreign policy in an era of chinese competition