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Putin's Clever Game of Chess

Russia has produced innumerable chess grandmasters, and its president for life, Vladimir Putin, is no exception.

The US and EU have Options to Outmaneuver Russia

By sending troops across Ukraine’s borders, Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, aims to weaken and destabilise the struggling new government in Kiev and coerce it to stay within Moscow’s orbit.

America’s Energy Edge: The Geopolitical Consequences of the Shale Revolution

Threat Perceptions and Drivers of Change in Nuclear Security Around the World: Results of a Survey

Leaders at the 2010 nuclear security summit agreed on the goal of securing all vulnerable nuclear material in four years.

Cold War Passions in Ukraine

President John F. Kennedy memorably called the Cold War a “long, twilight struggle’’ — the four-decade contest in Europe for freedom and power between the United States and Soviet Union.

Preface

There is no more important issue for the future of our country than ensuring the strength and effectiveness of our armed forces.

The New American Isolationism

ARE AMERICANS turning inward, tiring of our immense global responsibilities, just when our leadership may be needed most?

The Trouble with China

AS THE White House struggles to cope with a burning Middle East, another vital challenge is arising on the far horizon — China is flexing its muscles with real consequences for America’s future in Asi

Obama's 2014 Foreign Policy Challenges

There will be no rest for the weary as President Obama confronts a daunting foreign policy agenda in 2014.

Globalization, Structural Change, and Productivity Growth, with an Update on Africa

Large gaps in labor productivity between the traditional and modern parts of the economy are a fundamental reality of developing societies.