Iran sits at the center of this emerging new reality. Rapprochement among Arabs and peace with Israel is one thing if it is aimed at a united front...
New World Order: Middle East Chapter
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Power in the 21st century
Cyber (In)Security in a Connected World
Cyber insecurity is a reality of life in the digital age. We all worry about being hacked, about losing personal or corporate secrets to online...
A German Millennial Looks at a New — Or, at Least, Different — World
For all practical purposes, the 20th century ended when the Berlin Wall fell, followed by, rather quickly and relatively quietly, the collapse of...
War With Russia?
“It doesn't matter if it's Russia or if it's China or if it's Iran, it's a threat against all of us, and we should do something together to secure...
Hot War, Cold War, New War
Lithuania is a frontline state in the growing confrontation—some think it is already war—between East and West. Dalia Bankauskaitė, a defense and...
Reimagining the Middle East
“There was a moment where Israel was contemplating annexing lands in the West Bank. I thought that was going to have a drastically negative impact,...
A New Middle East
Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, the United Arab Emirates long serving ambassador to the United States and also a key player in the process of creating...
Alone together: China and America
We seem to be moving from a world where markets ruled to one where politics rules: the politics of nationalism and confrontation, of East versus...
‘The Fortune You Seek is in Another Cookie’
“If China can rise smoothly to the top of the world without firing a single bullet, it will certainly be able to claim the moral high ground. This...