The United States must build its own domestic battery supply chain to support the AI data center boom and reduce reliance on Chinese energy storage technologies.
The US cannot sustain its influence in the Western Hemisphere through only multilateral bodies that the Trump administration chooses to engage with.
The US military is best served by steady and consistent growth in defense spending rather than sugar-high splurges.
Iran’s air force was the most powerful in the Middle East in 1979, and nothing about it has changed since then. That’s a big problem for Tehran.
Caption: US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint news conference at the White House in February 2025. The close relationship between Trump and Netanyahu is ...
The United States could use its surface fleet to help escort oil tankers through the strait—but its ships in the region are already under considerable strain.
In addition to its strike on the Russian port of Novorossiysk, Ukraine is likely involved in the sabotage of Russian commercial shipping well beyond the Black Sea.
South Korea can help to fast-track America's nuclear energy push, but it should be wary of US deregulatory efforts.
Anthropic’s dispute with the Pentagon shows the limits of Silicon Valley’s power: the US military will never grant private companies veto authority over warfare.
The skyline of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The UAE and the Middle East’s economy and connectivity will face a significant test of resilience from the Iran War. (Shutterstock/Kiril Neiezhmakov) ...
Kazakhstan’s pragmatic engagement with the Trump administration has raised the post-Soviet republic to a new level of prestige.