North America

Inside North Korea’s campaign to penetrate the U.N. sanctions experts’ wall of secrecy.

Tehran no longer takes Washington seriously. To revive the nuclear deal, the threat of military escalation needs to be on the table.

A U.S.-India alliance would allow both countries to expand their global strength.

The U.S. national security bureaucracy needs a severe upgrade.

Washington isn’t behaving like a competent great power due to partisan gridlock, recycling of discredited ideas, and a lack of focus on real threats.

Jay Caspian Kang turns a sharp eye on conventional narratives of identity.

“We want it to be aspirational,” said co-chair of U.S. President Joe Biden’s policy council.

A new book points to how best to handle alienated allies in a growing struggle.

Beijing’s FOBS delivery system could provoke an arms race—or a more stable deterrence relationship.

Most soldiers said they weren’t told how to deal with Chinese and Russian propaganda.

Iraq and Egypt show how hard it is to get rid of a militarized security force.

Countries such as Poland, Mexico, and the Philippines have all undermined their own democratic credentials in recent years.

The broad, undefined mission has undermined its original intent.

Beijing knows time isn’t on its side and wants to act fast.

The Biden administration is gearing up for a long-term struggle in China—but shouldn’t expect its closest allies by its side.

Can the “Bicentennial Framework” be a turning point?

The university set out to train the next generation of U.S. leaders—but it often failed to educate them.

The problem isn’t the establishment, it’s reconciling what Americans want in their foreign policy.

Philippe Etienne spoke about the controversial sub deal, his recall to Paris, and a new way forward for U.S.-French relations.