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A member of a rescue team carries a migrant baby after being rescued by Libyan coast guards in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, January 15, 2018. Picture taken January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Hani Amara TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Europe's Migration Crisis is Anything but over

The EU needs a plan sooner than later.

Rachel Rizzo

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The Benefits of Engaging with China Outweigh the Costs and Risk

Labeling China a strategic competitor while downplaying areas of continued convergence could prove disastrous for American prosperity and American safety.

Christopher A. Preble
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) steams through the South China Sea July 8, 2012. George Washington was under way conducting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Paul Kelly, U.S. Navy/Released)

Wanted: A Strategy to Limit China's Grand Plans for the South China Sea

The United States needs to play an active role in helping broker resistance to the Chinese political push.

Dean Cheng

Regime Change Will Come to Iran (without U.S. Interference)

The best thing the United States can do to facilitate developments in Iran is to let the Iranians reform their country from within.

Daniel L. Davis
Afghan policemen walk after an attack at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

Afghanistan Cannot Be Resolved in Isolation from Its Neighborhood

Washington’s attempt to find a resolution to the Afghan conflict militarily while continuously antagonizing Iran and chastising Pakistan is bound to end in failure.

Mohammed Ayoob
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS John S. McCain conducts a patrol in the South China Sea, January 22, 2017. U.S. Navy/Petty Officer 3rd Class James Vazquez/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

No, China Doesn't Want Confrontation in the South China Sea

An antagonist who stumbles into the arena of combat is different from one who strides into the arena.

James Holmes
Afghan policemen stand guard after an attack at the American University of Afghanistan in Kabul, Afghanistan August 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

The Long War in Afghanistan May Never End

By 2019, the political temperature in Kabul will probably rise to unmanageable levels, leading to the fracture of the Afghan security forces on ethnic lines.

Arif Rafiq

The Skeptics

  • The Benefits of Engaging with China Outweigh the Costs and Risk

  • Regime Change Will Come to Iran (without U.S. Interference)

  • America May Encounter Another Mao in China

  • When It Comes to Foreign Policy, Hope Is Not a Strategy

  • Should Americans Care More about South Korea than America?

The Buzz

  • Lockheed Martin Has Delivered 265 F-35s (And the Profits are Pouring In)

  • China's New Carrier-Killer Missile Could Mean Big Trouble for the Navy

  • Russia's Military Used 215 New Weapons Systems in Syria

  • Su-27: The Russian Fighter Jet That Almost Crashed into a U.S. Spy Plane

  • Taiwan’s President Is Running out of Time

Paul Pillar

  • Lessons From the Tet Offensive, A Half Century Later

  • Pence Goes Over the Water's Edge

Lockheed Martin Has Delivered 265 F-35s (And the Profits are Pouring In)

Dave Majumdar

China's New Carrier-Killer Missile Could Mean Big Trouble for the Navy

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Russia's Military Used 215 New Weapons Systems in Syria

Dave Majumdar

Su-27: The Russian Fighter Jet That Almost Crashed into a U.S. Spy Plane

Robert Farley

Taiwan’s President Is Running out of Time

Kwei-Bo Huang

This Is Why the Government Shouldn’t Build Its Own 5g Network

Diane KatzDean Cheng

Why America’s Next Tank Might Not Even Be a ‘Tank’

Danny Lam

The A-150: Japan's Plan for a “Super” Battleship (That Never Happened)

Robert Farley

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James Holmes

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