For the first time ever, China's Executive Committee consists entirely of freshman members. Cheng Li and Mallie Prytherch explore the political and policy implications of Beijing's new and powerful State Council.
Massive protests inside Israel and a breakdown of security apparatuses in the West Bank, spell disaster for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Amos Harel details Israel's dangerous political deadlock.
On the latest episode of The Current, Aslı Aydıntaşbaş assesses how public opinion of Erdoğan has shifted after the recent devastating earthquake and why Turkey's political opposition has coalesced around Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu.
“President Xi’s public expression of frustration toward Washington will give license to other actors in China’s system to take a sharper public line against the United States... Until the relationship finds areas of common purpose, it will remain defined by mutual enmity and grievance.”
On Dollar & Sense, David Dollar is joined by Eswar Prasad to discuss China's economic growth, the role of China's private sector, and what new policies might emerge in the country.
Is arms control doomed? Writing for The Hill, Michael E. O'Hanlon and Amy Nelson argue that Putin's decision to suspend Russian participation in "New START" gives world leaders an opportunity to innovate arms control treaties.
Carter's forgotten crisis. In an excerpt from his upcoming book "America and the Yemens," Bruce Riedel highlights Jimmy Carter's foreign policy triumph in Yemen when he defeated a Soviet-backed communist coup attempt.
The Philippines' view of Taiwan. Renato Cruz De Castro details the dilemma the Filipino government faces if war breaks out between United States and China over Taiwan.
Battlefield under the sea. Submarine fiber-optic cables traversing oceans and connecting the African continent could be the United States' best bet to counter Russian and Chinese influence on the continent, writes Joseph Keller in Foreign Policy magazine.
