Within days of the initial U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, 2026, the world was plunged into an energy crisis. Tehran’s near shuttering of the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly 20 ...

There are sound reasons for optimism that European governments can reduce their military reliance: defense spending is rising, particularly in countries in northern and eastern Europe, and Europe is ...

Iran did not start its war with the United States and Israel. But more than a month in, the Islamic Republic is clearly winning it. American and Israeli forces have spent weeks incessantly bombing ...

SUZANNE MALONEY is Vice President of the Brookings Institution and Director of its Foreign Policy program. She served as an external adviser to the U.S. State Department’s Undersecretary for Political ...

In early 2024, the Islamic Republic of Iran was riding high. It was the dominant external actor in four Middle Eastern states: Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. Its missiles and armed proxies menaced ...

By joining the battle, Hezbollah inextricably tied Lebanon’s fate to the larger war. But it is also clear that Israel is using the war and Hezbollah’s provocations to justify a much larger—and ...

After four years of the most intensive drone warfare in history, Ukraine has become Europe’s foremost practitioner of drone interception, layered air defense, electronic warfare, and unmanned systems.

Not too long ago, globalization was seen by academics and policymakers as a powerful force bringing the world closer together and promoting economic prosperity and stability. The open flow of goods, ...

But it has proved in the past decade that it can be an innovation powerhouse. China is now far ahead of the United States in manufacturing and deploying advanced technologies such as electric vehicles ...

That distinction is easy to miss in Washington, where analysts often assume that geopolitical competition works like a running scoreboard: if the United States loses, China must win, and vice versa.

Washington’s historic support for European integration did not stem from starry-eyed idealism but from the clear-eyed view that a closely knit, prosperous, and stable Europe would be an effective ...

For over 35 years, Iran’s supreme leader ruled with an iron fist, repressing women, minorities, and anyone who dared challenge him. But the dramatic wording of the death announcement was, in a sense, ...