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The Man Who Predicted Today’s World Over a Century Ago

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Hal Brands

TikTok Saga Shows Americans Can’t Be Bothered to Take On China

TikTok Saga Shows Americans Can’t Be Bothered to Take On China

America’s TikTok saga — the drama over whether the popular video-sharing app will be banned or saved — has many intriguing dimensions. It...

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Bloomberg

Hal Brands

The 20th Century’s Lessons for Our New Era of War

The 20th Century’s Lessons for Our New Era of War
18.01.2025 10

Foreign Policy

Hal Brands

Trump's ‘Americas First’ Plan Isn’t All Bad

Trump's ‘Americas First’ Plan Isn’t All Bad

Donald Trump isn’t even president yet, and he’s already giving US foreign policy a 19th century feel. The president-elect has spent the weeks...

13.01.2025 10

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

America Still Leads the World in All the Ways That Matter

America Still Leads the World in All the Ways That Matter

The coming year won’t be easy for US foreign policy. President Donald Trump will face a maelstrom of crises, from a deteriorating situation in...

04.01.2025 20

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

Assad’s Fall Shows Russia, Iran and Hamas Made a Bad Bet

A great many actors had a hand in the fall of Syria’s dictator, Bashar al-Assad: Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the Islamist group that led the offensive;...

09.12.2024 20

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

Trump Can Cut a Great Deal With Europe. Really.

The world’s most successful alliance needs a transformation and, paradoxically, Donald Trump might just be the leader who delivers it. His...

05.12.2024 10

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

Biden’s Biggest Foreign Policy Legacy Will Be in Economic Warfare

Joe Biden’s foreign policy will be remembered for many things: the humiliating exit from Afghanistan, the stalwart response to Russia’s invasion...

03.11.2024 1

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

China’s ‘Anaconda Strategy’ Is Slowly Choking Taiwan

As wars have ravaged Ukraine and the Middle East in 2024, the situation around Taiwan has been comparatively quiet. The crisis many observers were...

10.10.2024 10

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

Israel's Devastation of Hezbollah Puts Iran in a Corner

The Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah deep in his Beirut bunker was the culmination of one of the most lethally...

01.10.2024 4

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

Even With $1 Trillion a Year the US Military Is Falling Behind

Vice President Kamala Harris, in last week’s debate with former President Donald Trump, repeated her call for the US to maintain the world’s most...

16.09.2024 1

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

If South Korea Goes Nuclear, So Will the World

Nuclear nonproliferation is one of America’s greatest, and most underrated, strategic achievements. Almost 80 years after Hiroshima, fewer than...

29.08.2024 30

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

Israel’s New Strategy Shows Strength — and Fear

The Middle East has reached yet another explosive juncture. The region is bracing for impact as Iran and its proxies — notably Hezbollah and the...

08.08.2024 1

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

A Foreign Policy ‘October Surprise’ Now Hangs Over US Election

The world isn’t getting tamer as the US presidential election nears. Lethal Israeli strikes against leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah — following...

01.08.2024 3

Bloomberg

Hal Brands

Harris Can’t Ignore Foreign Policy Even If Voters Do

Foreign policy is rarely the dominant issue in US presidential elections. But it does, invariably, matter at the margins, and in a close race the...

25.07.2024 2

Bloomberg

Hal Brands