List of Security articles
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before boarding the Marine One presidential helicopter and departing the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 25. The Perils of Denigrating U.S. Intelligence
By doing so, Trump inhibits honest analysis.
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U.S. President Donald Trump announces U.S. strikes on Iran with Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth standing alongside, at the White House in Washington on June 21. An Emerging Trump Doctrine?
Success in the Middle East could be a template for a new approach to Russia’s war.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the CyberTech conference in Tel Aviv on Jan. 29, 2019. For Netanyahu, Another Term as Israel’s Leader?
He’s hoping the Iran war will erase the stain of Oct. 7.
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1-Russian-hackers-keir-giles-1a I Was Hacked Because I Work on Russia
But the same clever new attack could be used against almost anyone.
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Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks in a video broadcast at the start of the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference, a meeting of religious leaders in McLeod Ganj, near Dharamsala, India. The Dalai Lama Defies China to Announce His Reincarnation Plans
As Tibet’s exiled leader turns 90, a radical spiritual approach might solve the succession problem.
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Myanmar’s junta chief, Min Aung Hlaing, salutes at a ceremony to mark Armed Forces Day. Time and Beijing Are Working Against Myanmar’s Resistance
As fighting drags on, sieges and Chinese pressure may allow Myanmar’s military junta to consolidate its power.
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A general view of a rare-earth refinery north of the Inner Mongolian city of Baotou on Aug. 20, 2012. How Rare Earths Became China’s Top Trade Weapon
Washington wasn’t always so vulnerable to Beijing’s chokehold.
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Two men in suits, shown from the side, shake hands. Why Southeast Asia Is Flocking to BRICS
The expanding bloc has become a hedge against future geopolitical shifts.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a handover ceremony for the new Israeli chief of staff on January 15, 2019 at the Defence Ministry in Tel Aviv. Israel’s War on Iran Backfired
Despite what it claims, Israel failed to achieve its goals in its latest war.
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UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan greets Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the leaders summit during the COP27 climate conference, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, on November 7, 2022. The Middle East’s End of Ideology
Across the region, transnational movements are giving way to a political model based on strong states.
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An illustration shows a hand holding up a head-shaped hourglass in a Hamlet-esque pose. Inside the hourglass are sands enveloping the statue of liberty and other monuments. The End of Modernity
A crisis is unfolding before our eyes—and also in our heads.
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An illustration depicts historical moments from the past in the curtains of the Oval Office: Julius Caesar, the Cultural Revolution in China, and three American presidents. The room shows an empty chair at the Resolute Desk and a presidential seal on the rug. Why Compare the Present to the Past?
Thinking via historical analogy has become the preferred way to confront our anxieties.
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People use their phones to take a photo of the empty space on a wall of portraits. How Trump Will Be Remembered
No other president has made his time in office so nakedly about himself and his legacy.
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An illustration shows a Nazi-uniformed hand holding a fountain pen that breaks the globe into spheres of influence. How a Nazi Jurist Captured Imaginations on the U.S. Left and Right
It’s Carl Schmitt’s world, and we’re all just living in it.
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Iranian missiles aimed at targets in Israel passing over the West Bank on June 18. Don’t Let a Fake Victory Forestall Real Peace
Trump’s misplaced faith in the efficacy of the Iran attacks will bring more war.
