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March 20, 2023

Democracy
The Long Shadow of the Iraq War: Lessons and Legacies Twenty Years Later

On March 20, 2003, I found myself bobbing offshore along Iraq’s tiny coastline in a raging sandstorm, as a reporter covering the U.S. Navy SEALs and Polish special forces’ operations in the U.S.-led …

A man looks at a mural of former Iraq President Saddam Hussein inside his damaged former palace in Mosul, Iraq, February 19, 2023.
Article by Linda Robinson Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy

March 7, 2023

Russia
The Precarious Future of Russian Democracy

When the new Russia emerged from the wreckage of the Soviet Union in 1991, it was widely expected to embark on a democratic transition. In the then dominant Western narrative, it had no alternative i…

Article by Thomas Graham Diamonstein-Spielvogel Project on the Future of Democracy

December 20, 2022

Japan
How Japan Is Doubling Down on Its Military Power

Japan’s new national security strategy and related defense plans herald a major military modernization effort in response to perceived threats in Northeast Asia, particularly China.

Military vessels sail in Sagami Bay during the International Fleet Review, held by Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force.
Article by Sheila A. Smith Asia Program

July 25, 2022

Climate Change
As the World Burns

The battle against climate change is being lost.

A firefighter fights a forest fire in the north of Portugal, on July 15, 2022.
Article by Richard Haass

July 20, 2022

Economics
Global Growth Tracker: World Economies by GDP

This tracker charts the economic growth performance through time of ninety-one countries around the globe.

Article by Benn Steil Greenberg Center for Geoeconomic Studies