| Michael Bluhm & Alex Vatanka

Coming home to roost

How much is Iran driving the conflict in the Middle East? Alex Vatanka on the Islamic Republic’s relationship with Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis—and the tension between its ideology of revolution and instinct for self-preservation.
10 minute read
| Andy Horowitz & Gustav Jönsson

Category 5

How are changes in hurricanes changing American life? Andy Horowitz on the stakes and urgency of adapting public policy to environmental reality.
7 minute read
| Michael Bluhm & Lucan Way

Legion of doom

Why is collaboration intensifying among the world’s most powerful autocracies? Lucan Way on what unites and divides China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
9 minute read
| Daniel Bessner & Gustav Jönsson

Entanglements

Who actually runs U.S. foreign policy? Daniel Bessner on why elections come and go without major changes in American grand strategy.
9 minute read
| David A. Hopkins & Gustav Jönsson

Trusting the science

Why have so many Americans turned against the idea of expertise in public affairs? David A. Hopkins on how the government has become increasingly reliant on experts, and experts have become increasingly influenced by politics.
10 minute read
| Michael Bluhm & Isaac B. Kardon

The Chinese armada

Why are so many military confrontations happening in the South China Sea? Isaac B. Kardon on Beijing’s offshore strategy for a new international order.
8 minute read
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