They remain far apart on core disputes, including those related to Iran’s nuclear program, the Strait of Hormuz, and sanctions relief. As a result, many analysts are skeptical that the parties can ...

The conflict in Ukraine, now in its fifth year, has provided extraordinary lessons about the future of war. The enormous impact of cheap, remotely piloted unmanned systems—on the ground, in the air, ...

Whenever the Iran war comes to an end, the Islamic Republic is likely to emerge in a stronger position. Should the terms of a June memorandum of understanding be met, Western governments would lift ...

The 2026 documents increase the party’s direct role in managing the country’s affairs while also embracing the private sector and sidelining state-owned enterprises. Vietnam’s leaders are betting that ...

Following this humiliation, Europe issued sweeping sanctions against Russia and joined the United States in offering extensive support to Ukraine. Most of the continent’s countries severed almost all ...

And as Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel and its aftermath have made painfully clear, any strategy that ignores the Palestinian issue is doomed to fail. Not every problem in the Middle East ...

For over a decade, U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Washington’s European allies of free-riding on American security guarantees. He has been criticizing NATO members that do not pay “their fair ...

ROBERT KAGAN is Stephen and Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and a contributing columnist for The Washington Post. During the Reagan administration, he served in several ...

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LAWRENCE D. FREEDMAN is Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King’s College London, where he taught from 1982 to 2014 and served as Vice Principal from 2003 to 2013. He is a Foreign Affairs book ...

HENRY FARRELL is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Professor of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins University. Previously, he was Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at ...