China’s naval expansion and commercial push into Europe are aimed at redefining the global trade and security system to the detriment of the democratic West. Europe and the U.S. need to wake up to the challenge.

The very idea of America has been whittled down in our schools and institutions—“deconstructed,” some might say—in favor of a kind of cacophonous tribalism. It’s time to restore the values and ideals that keep us together.

The West needs to focus on these fundamentals to achieve its overarching strategic objective: preventing China’s domination of Eurasia.

The West can have an unbeatable hand against Beijing, if it plays its cards right.

Beijing’s financial and military inroads into Europe are calling into question America’s traditional assumptions about Transatlantic cooperation.

Our tradition of free debate, the sine qua non of democratic life, is increasingly under attack in academia, the media, and politics.

The growing problems in the Transatlantic community long precede the Trump Administration, Brexit, and the rise of populist movements.

Increased European investment in defense is about more than just “burden sharing” or Europe paying its “fair share.” Europe’s vital national security interests–and the future of the West—are at stake.

China and Russia are pushing a reluctant West to re-examine its most cherished assumptions about the shape of the global order.

National cohesion and the growing risk of state failure in the West.