Essays
Is a French Intifada Brewing?
Marc Hecker
France has Europe’s largest Muslim and Jewish communities. The outbreaks of anti-Semitic violence since the Second Intifada are only the most visible signs of an unstable and fraught situation.
Published: Apr 09, 2014
America Self-Contained? A Symposium
The US-China Codependency
Wang Jisi
China and the U.S. each need the other to remain economically vibrant, and both will benefit from a U.S.-led global order.
Published: Apr 08, 2014
America Self-Contained? A Symposium
Japan’s Existential Angst
Hiro Aida
Japan is worried by America’s “strategic ambiguity” and uncertain about its own future.
Published: Apr 08, 2014
America Self-Contained? A Symposium
The Reluctant Strongman
Eliot Cohen
The Obama Administration’s foreign policy has been one long parade of errors.
Published: Apr 08, 2014
Invade A Little or Invade A Lot
Russia’s Next Move in Ukraine
Yevgen Sautin
Carefully thinking through Russia’s different tactical options for invading Ukraine would have seemed unnecessarily alarmist as little as a few weeks ago. Today, it seems downright prudent.
Published: Apr 07, 2014