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After decades of underinvestment and spending cuts to NATO, there remains much more to be done. But virtually all members now understand the urgency of the task at hand.

"Presidents have a long history of both expanding and testing the limits of their powers," Paul Poast writes.

"China has become not just an enabler, I would say a participant in this direct confrontation, which is direct violation of international law."

Taiwan’s shift toward more explicitly nationalist politics has exposed serious contradictions in US-China policy, Paul Heer argues.

Support for the alliance—though solid overall—is becoming increasingly polarized, Ivo Daalder and Dina Smeltz write.

Dina Smeltz and other experts unpack how America’s 2024 elections will impact domestic politics, foreign policy, and the US-South Korea relationship.

Multilateral wars are often preceded by rapid movements toward alliance formation and consolidation, Paul Poast writes.

Cécile Shea joins Al Arabi to discuss the ongoing challenges getting aid into Gaza.

Paul Poast unpacks various arguments about whether China's rise poses an actual threat to the United States.

The island offers a platform for political, economic, humanitarian and military reach at Europe’s intersection with the Middle East, Ivo Daalder writes.