August 2026
What Was the War on Terror?
A quarter century of fear and fantasy.
The Cost of Keeping China Out
How Washington’s fear of Chinese investment hurts American competitiveness.
To Intervene or Not to Intervene
There is nothing new in the contemporary doctrine opposing intervention or in the pragmatic use of intervention on behalf of individual nations’ interests.
Africa Can’t Afford to Squander Its Demographic Opportunity
What the youngest continent stands to gain from growing old.
The Long Shadow of the Iran Shock
Hormuz and the new geography of energy power.
The Last Days of Intervention
Afghanistan and the delusions of maximalism.
The Unwinnable War
America’s blind spots in Afghanistan.
Don’t Betray the Women of Afghanistan
Normalizing relations with the Taliban normalizes female suffering.
America Can’t Isolate the Taliban
Regional powers are restoring ties with Afghanistan.
The Next Global Economic Crisis Could Be Made in China
How overcapacity ends.