"I am struck that the bad guys—Trump, Boris Johnson, Netanyahu—have been able to handle this crisis infinitely much better than the good guys in...
“Expect to have very violent reactions after the pandemic”
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Power in the 21st century
Iran’s Annus Horribilis
"I think among the political establishment, survival has somewhat emboldened the Iranian leadership. They feel strengthened by their ability to push...
Lines in the sand
“There are more red lines right now, more lines between countries, between ideologies, between peoples than have ever really existed at any single...
Lines in the Sand
"We all know what the major hotspots are, it's China in the South China Sea, and Korea and North Korea and the atomic bomb, it's Iran and their...
Dealing with a Dragon
“Everybody is saying, ‘Oh, why isn't China being so meek and so docile anymore? Why is it showing his teeth?’ The simple answer is that, it is what...
Has China Won?
The competition between China and the United States is the defining geopolitical reality of the 21st century. The evolution of its new Great Game...
Cooperation, Competition, or Confrontation
Coping with a Dangerous World “I think that this is a period of increasing danger.” “You can draw a direct line from the unenforced red line...
Battlegrounds
Do you think we live in a world that is increasingly dangerous, full of not just Great Power competitors, but potential enemies? A world of winners...
Reshuffling the Global Deck
“We have entered a world which we've not experienced for a long time … The most populous nation in the world is acquiring the economic and military...