But the war also changed Russia itself far more than most outsiders grasp. No cease-fire, not even one brokered by a U.S.

MICHAEL BECKLEY is Associate Professor of Political Science at Tufts University, a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the American ...

A severe typhoon ravaged Myanmar last September, killing hundreds and flooding many areas, and a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the country in late March, killing more than 3,500. In the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin, however, has since 1999 made reestablishing influence over Russia’s “near abroad” a ...

The move, which followed steps taken in the first Trump administration to curtail China’s access to cutting-edge ...

Coercion could backfire. Although it will not always be China that benefits—many Asian countries hedge beyond the great ...

EDWARD FISHMAN is a Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP). He is the author ...

DANA STROUL is Director of Research at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and served as U.S. Deputy Assistant ...

How to turn maximum pressure into personal diplomacy.

MICHAEL KIMMAGE is Professor of History at the Catholic University of America and the author of The Abandonment of the West: ...

JEROME DREVON is Senior Analyst in Jihad and Modern Conflict at the International Crisis Group. He is the author of From ...

But even if Hamas and Israel hammer out a new, short-term agreement to halt hostilities, Gaza is unlikely to see real peace ...