Region: North America

Politicizing science costs more than a pragmatic division of labor between rival sides

How can legitimate medical or biodefence research be distinguished from activities that already lay the groundwork for developing a dangerous agent but still exist only in digital form?

From Europe to East Asia, US allies face a hard question: how far would Washington go to defend them? NATO’s Article 5 offers a revealing place to start

Along with a host of other laws, it will loom over any future administration

Interview for La Vanguardia

From Britain and the USSR to Trump’s America, the cost of imperial expansion raises a lasting question: Can great nations be secure without it?

The key takeaway for Russia is that even in a friendly jurisdiction, large businesses may well continue to comply with the requirements of the American sanctions regime, regardless of the fact that their own government has not formally joined those sanctions

American diplomacy, should it wish to, can certainly offer Moscow algorithms for easing restrictive measures, or allow individual relaxations as a political signal

On September 4, 2026, the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) held a club meeting devoted to the current international situation in the Middle East and the impact of the U.S.–Iran conflict on the region

Why does Trump’s diplomatic initiative keep going round in circles, with each new attempt ending in another disappointment?

One year after Trump and Putin’s Alaska summit, the real breakthrough was exposing the limits of U.S. power and the illusion of a unified West

The White House’s strategic approach to Russia is beginning to resemble a casino table.