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Xi and Putin’s Summit for Autocracy
The U.S. Must Better Explain Al-Qaeda to the Public
The Intelligence Community Must Work to Gain the Public’s Trust
Biden-Xi Summit Only Highlights Fundamental Differences Between U.S. and China
Warfare Is More Than Just Bullets
The Taliban’s Man in Washington
Biden Creates His Own ‘Strategic Ambiguity’ on Taiwan
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen Stands Up to Xi Jinping
China and Russia Blame America for a ‘New Cold War’
The Taliban Is Using the Doha Accord to Protect Al-Qaeda
Reading Between the Lines of Biden’s and Xi’s U.N. Speeches
A New Partnership to Counter China in the Pacific
How Taliban Revisionism Helped Doom Our Mission in Afghanistan
What We Know—and Don’t Know—About ISIS-K
No, Mr President. Al-Qaeda Is Not ‘Gone’ From Afghanistan.
Afghanistan Is a Failure of Military Intelligence—and Common Sense
The Taliban Has a Military Solution for Afghanistan
Turkey Continues to Harbor and Sponsor Extremists
Xi’s Broken Promises on Cybersecurity
How Iranian Intelligence Hunts Down Dissidents While Protecting Al-Qaeda
Xi Jinping Doesn’t Want to Admit He’s an Autocrat
The Situation in Afghanistan Is Much Worse Than You Realize
What Happened at the Biden-Putin Summit? Not Much.
What to Expect From the Biden-Putin Summit
Al-Qaeda Is Still in Afghanistan, and It's Fighting for Victory
Only the Chinese Communist Party Knows the Origins of the COVID Pandemic
The Taliban and Al-Qaeda Are Closing In on Afghanistan’s Provincial Capitals
What We’re Learning About China’s Use of Social Media for Propaganda
How China Responded to President Biden’s Address to Congress
Bin Laden Is Long Gone, but He Sparked a Jihadist Revolution
Why the Russia-China Alignment Is So Worrisome
The Russia Bounty Story Was Always Murky
The Flawed Reasoning Behind Biden’s Afghanistan Withdrawal
The Biden Administration Shouldn’t Make Any More Concessions to the Taliban
A Diplomat’s Trip to Taiwan Draws the Ire of the CCP
Why We Should Be Worried About Russia and China Working So Closely
What’s Behind China’s Dangerous Incursion into the East China Sea
The Biden Administration’s Afghan ‘Peace Plan’ Is an Act of Desperation
The Problem With the Declassified Report on Khashoggi’s Death
Biden Faces a Decision on Our Presence in Iraq
Xi Jinping’s Rise Is No Historical Accident
Biden Must Reckon With the Failed Doha Deal
As Xi Professes a Commitment to ‘Multilateralism,’ the U.S. Counters With a Dose of Reality