April 1, 2008
United StatesThe U.S. Air Force is standing up a dedicated command to coordinate offensive and defensive cyber strategy within the Pentagon.
February 21, 2019
United StatesMost Democrats running for president in 2020 are focused on domestic issues. Not Tulsi Gabbard. The Iraq War veteran and four-term congresswoman from Hawaii is putting foreign policy front and center…
February 21, 2019
ChinaChina’s Belt and Road Initiative is the most ambitious infrastructure investment effort in history. But is it also a plan to remake the global balance of power?
February 20, 2019
Arab SpringTeaching Notes for False Dawn, written by Steven A. Cook, in which he examines why Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Turkey did not transition to democracy and explains how and why Middle East uprisings didn't succeed.
February 11, 2019
United StatesGovernment prosecutors often have political ambitions. The list of prosecutors who became mayor (think Rudy Guiliani) or governor (think Chris Christie) is long. But the last president to have any ex…
February 8, 2019
YemenDevelopments in conflicts across the world that you might have missed this week.
December 7, 2018
Financial MarketsSubjective pricing and a tradition of anonymity make it attractive to money launderers.
February 7, 2019
International OrganizationsSince its founding in 1944, the World Bank has evolved from a lender focused on European reconstruction to the preeminent international institution for economic development and poverty reduction.
November 29, 2018
CybersecurityWhen the Democratic National Committee realized they had been hacked in April 2016, they turned to experts from a private company: the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. Within a day, the company had id…
January 23, 2019
United StatesPresident Donald Trump says he will deliver his second State of the Union address next Tuesday night as planned. The question is, where will he deliver it? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last week cit…