William Taylor is the latest in a procession of Trump-administration officials to cry foul on the president.

The cycles of London’s engagement with Beijing reveal how the U.S.’s ability to keep allies in line for its great-power competition is weakening.

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The United States does not need to take Xi Jinping’s attempt to project power at face value.

Of all the world’s hot spots, the South China Sea is one of the least remarked on and most potentially explosive.

Russian mercenaries are wringing wealth and political leverage out of the Sahel.

Lobbying firms have disguised their influence so well that it’s often barely visible even to savvy Washington insiders.

No U.S. president since Reagan has used such forceful language against Russia.

American and European leaders’ profound lack of imagination has brought the world to the brink of war.

Ukraine’s fate will be decided not by combat power alone, but by either side’s ability to employ effective logistics to sustain that combat power.