Ukraine Can Turn Imminent Peril to Its Advantage
How a true “energy cease-Fire” can curb Putin.
The Middle East’s Quiet Liberal Revolution
What people in the region actually believe.
The Global AI Bust
What will survive when the boom ends.
China’s Next Frontier
Technology experts Kathleen Curlee and Sam Bresnick argue that China is catching up to the United States in space, commercially and militarily. This poses a threat to U.S. military operations, which rely on space-based capabilities. Washington must invest in space defense and also reduce its reliance on the domain.
America Shouldn’t Let Go of the Middle East
Why disengagement is not the answer.
The Real Lesson of the Iran War
When airpower wins, and when it doesn’t.
Order Before Peace
Kissinger’s Middle East diplomacyand its lessons for today.
Chinese Robots Could Decide the AI Race
Scott Singer and Pavlo Zvenyhorodsky, researchers at Carnegie’s China AI Initiative, argue that China is betting that AI dominance will come from combining hardware and software, or AI-powered robots. By focusing only on software such as AI models, they argue, Washington and Silicon Valley risk falling behind.
After Xi
The succession question obscuring China’s future—and unsettling its present.
Iran’s Theory of Victory
Tehran’s fight for great-power status in the post-American Middle East.