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Only Congress Can Fix American Trade
Trump’s tariff mess offers a chance to restore legislative oversight.
The Lessons of the Long Confucian Peace
Can ideology prevent war in East Asia?
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Why China Waits
Beijing is playing a long game on Taiwan.
America and the Gulf Still Need Each Other
How U.S. partnerships can survive the war in Iran.
Could Russia Follow the “Hormuz Playbook” in the Baltic and Black Seas?
On the eve of the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, 56 tankers sailed through the Strait of Hormuz. Two days later, Lloyd’s List, the maritime industry’s journal of record, counted just seven tankers and a single gas carrier — all small and three of them shadow-fleet vessels — with hundreds more driftin
The Winners and Losers of the Iran Energy Shock
How the war created a new geopolitical divide.