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May 17, 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Cyber Week in Review: May 16, 2024

Four Senators release AI Policy Roadmap; U.S. and partners unveil data-sharing agreement; Frank McCourt bids for TikTok; Biden passes new tariffs on Chinese tech; FBI seizes cybercrime marketplace.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is flanked by Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Senator Todd Young (R-IN) as he addresses a press conference during a break in a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum for all U.S. senators at the U.S. Capitol on September 13, 2023

May 16, 2024

Thailand
Thailand’s Politics Suffer More Turbulence

The current Thai government, which assumed power in 2023, has proven ineffective in tackling the nation’s challenges, while its politics have become increasingly fractious.

Thai Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department, in Washington, DC, on February 12, 2024. 

May 15, 2024

Myanmar
Will 2024 Be the Junta’s End in Myanmar?

Myanmar’s civil war between resistance groups and the ruling military junta has reached a decisive phase.

A soldier wearing fatigues stands in a jungle facing away from the camera with a gun over his shoulder.

May 15, 2024

China
Power and Financial Interdependence

My new paper for the Geoeconomics and Geofinance Initiative of the Institute Français des Relations Internationals’ (IFRI) explores the history of the Sino-American financial relationship.

Power and Financial Interdependence

May 13, 2024

Chad
An Exercise in Electoral Futility

The United States should resist a “business as usual” approach to Chad.  

Poll workers count ballots at a polling station during the presidential election in N'Djamena, Chad on May 6, 2024.

May 13, 2024

Taiwan
Taiwan’s Democracy Is Thriving in China’s Shadow

Despite China’s growing pressure, Taiwan has developed one of the world’s strongest democracies—one that will be increasingly tested in the coming years. 

Electoral workers count votes for a 2021 referendum at a ballot counting center in Taipei, Taiwan.

May 13, 2024

Asia
Early Signs From President-Elect Prabowo Subianto Are Worrying

As President-Elect, Prabowo Subianto, widely accused of past rights abuses, is already showing signs that he may further damage Indonesia's fragile democracy.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto and vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka wave after the country's election commission officially announced them as the presidential election winners in Jakarta, April 24, 2024.

May 10, 2024

United States
Election 2024: Where the Presidential Race Stands With Six Months to Go

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Joe Biden and Donald Trump remain locked in a tight contest where third-party candidates could deci…

An election ballot box as viewed on a folding table.

May 9, 2024

Grand Strategy
The President’s Inbox Recap: The Case for Liberal Internationalism

The liberal international order is more resilient than its critics recognize.

A circle of flags as viewed outside of NATO's headquarters.

May 9, 2024

Nigeria
Ethnonationalist Rumblings

Why seeming democratic progress has failed to staunch agitation for self-determination in Nigeria.

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) leader Nnamdi Kanu is pictured smiling at the Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria.