Aug 2, 20264 min
Reforming the Security Council: Ambition Meets Arithmetic
Everyone agrees the UN Security Council should change. Almost no one agrees on how — and the veto guards the door.
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Reporting and analysis across geopolitics, foreign policy, security and the institutions of the international order.
Aug 2, 20264 min
The Indo-Pacific and the Art of Deterrence Without Encirclement
Managing competition in Asia requires the hardest thing in statecraft: firmness that does not foreclose accommodation.
Aug 1, 20264 min
NATO After Enlargement: A Larger Alliance Is Not a Stronger One
Adding members is the easy part. The next decade will test whether the alliance can convert breadth into cohesion, and cohesion into credible deterrence.
Jul 31, 20264 min
Why Sanctions Rarely Bend a Determined State
Economic pressure has become the instrument of first resort. Its record is far more ambiguous than its popularity suggests.
GeopoliticsJul 30, 20264 min
The Return of Spheres of Influence
The vocabulary of spheres of influence never really left international politics. It is returning to the surface — and with it, hard questions about sovereignty and consent.