President Donald Trump is attempting to play the role of the grand architect, and he is doing so with the same appetite for systemic overhaul that defined the Post-World War II Settlement.
By Adele Rutherford ·
The immediate reaction to the flares of hostilities in the Gulf—the strikes on Larak Island, the retaliatory missiles toward Jordan and the UAE, the dubious reports of…
By Klaus Berger ·
When you read headlines about "security dilemmas" and "multi-layered shields," it sounds like something out of a bad war movie.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
The moment any international agreement moves from the negotiating table to the "engineering table," its political life has already begun to expire.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The persistent narrative emanating from Damascus and Washington is that high-level talks are successfully "easing tensions" between Syria and Israel.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
The West, for all its talk of universal values, remains a collection of interests waiting for the right moment to diverge.
By Emilio Quesada ·
The pattern, as always, is predictable and profoundly disappointing.
By Tom Beckwith ·
The architecture of modern governance, no matter how flawed or overreaching, rests on one foundational pillar: that human life possesses intrinsic value.
By Grant Colby ·
The moment we allow the language of 'security operation' to mask the mechanics of displacement, we have lost the moral ground entirely.
By Sophie Naimi ·
The headlines are all about rejection and defiance, but if you pull back from the shouting match between Netanyahu and Trump, what you see is the same old script: a grand plan for…
By Ray Dombrowski ·
The moment one reads about global conflict resolution, I expect to see the cold mathematics of logistics: who moves the cargo, what are the tariffs, and how quickly can the supply chain be restored?
By Bram de Vries ·
The diplomatic machinations surrounding Lebanon are once again proving that good intentions make for exceptionally poor balance sheets.
By Klaus Berger ·
You can read about the basis charts and commodity futures all day long, but none of it prepares you for the cost of a rule written by people who have never met a payroll or seen a drought.
By Ruth Behrens ·
I’ve spent my career seeing what happens when infrastructure fails—when the system breaks down and people are left scrambling for insulin or clean water.
By Josie Calloway ·
The stench of compromised policy, the kind you can’t scrub out even with disinfectant, hangs over every primary debate right now.
By Josie Calloway ·
The moment is always the same, isn't it? A flurry of pronouncements from Washington, punctuated by the clatter of cameras, followed immediately by the sound of shelling.
By Aoife Gallagher ·