In 1947, we could afford to give containment a try. Today, a defensive stance will not cut it.

By offering aid to hard-hit countries, Moscow hopes it can restore its reputation as a responsible global actor.

The coronavirus is unlikely to clear the decks for long-term policy reforms. If anything, it may put them further out of reach.

It’s time to be more strategic about trade with China. Revitalizing the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States—creating a CFIUS 2.0—is the right way to do it.

In medicine, there’s often a temptation to rely on neat rules and tidy algorithms. That temptation can be deadly, especially when treating the novel coronavirus.

New developments in Prague, involving a suitcase of ricin and a diplomatic spat, suggest that Putin still is afraid—over five years after Nemtsov’s grisly demise.

If competence varies widely within the same type of regime, then regime type alone cannot possibly be determinative of outcomes.

I’d always been a prankster. Now, in the Great Social Distancing of 2020, it was time for someone to get me back.

In the wake of the coronavirus, it’s an open question.

The coronavirus threatens to hobble U.S. military capacity, thus affording our adversaries an opportunity to strike.