What the United States Can Learn From China
Amid China’s rise, Americans should ask what Beijing is doing right—and what they’re doing wrong.
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Morality Is the Enemy of Peace
The conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine can only end with deals that don’t satisfy anyone completely.
Open or closed? China’s dilemmas in a changing geopolitical and geoeconomic order
China is currently being forced into a dilemma in policy terms, needing a more open economy to boost growth at a time when conditions are poor, but also seeking to close society in the name of securit
Biden’s Foreign-Policy Problem Is Incompetence
The U.S. military’s collapsed pier in Gaza is symbolic of a much bigger issue.
Dealing with Guilt and Shame in International Politics
State and non-state actors often try to provoke moral emotions like guilt and shame to mobilize political change.
Why Realists Oppose the War in Gaza
If you’re surprised by the movement’s position, you never really understood it.
The Day After Iran Gets the Bomb
Scholars and policymakers are still trying to understand what would happen after Tehran acquires a nuclear weapon.
What America’s Palestine Protesters Should and Shouldn’t Do
A how-to guide for university students from a sympathetic observer.
Meeting Israelis’ demand for change and accountability
So far, only one Israeli senior officer, Aharon Haliva, the chief of Israeli military intelligence, has resigned, accepting personal responsibility for what he called the “black day” of October 7, whe
Appeasement Is Underrated
Rejecting diplomacy by citing Neville Chamberlain’s deal with the Nazis is a willfully ignorant use of history.
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