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Wall Street Journal: A Week That Shook the Old Order By Walter Russell Mead September 15, 2025

A protester burns a flare at Place de la Republique during a part of a Bloquons Tout (Let’s Block Everything) demonstration in Paris on September 10, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

A Week That Shook the Old Order

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Sep 15, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

Arab News: Trump Has Opportunity to Recalibrate US Defense Posture By Luke Coffey September 12, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks during a September 11 observance event in the courtyard of the Pentagon on September 11, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Has Opportunity to Recalibrate US Defense Posture

Luke Coffey

Senior Fellow, Center on Europe and Eurasia

Luke Coffey

Sep 15, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

Outlook India: How India’s Multi-Alignment Strategy Vexes Trump 2.0 By Aparna Pande September 13, 2025

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center for a welcoming banquet in Tianjin, China, on August 31, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

How India’s Multi-Alignment Strategy Vexes Trump 2.0

Aparna Pande

Senior Fellow

Aparna Pande

Sep 13, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

Commentary

Former US Drug Czar Speaks on Possible Decertification of Colombia as a US Ally on Drug Policy

John P. Walters

President and CEO

John P. Walters

Sep 13, 2025

Commentary

6 Min Read

Rebooting Defense Production Nadia Hudson

A worker inspects the form of the shaped steel billets following the press stage in the manufacturing process of 155mm caliber shells at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. (Getty Images)

Reports

Rebooting the Defense Production Act

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Sep 10, 2025

Reports

Long Read

The question is no longer whether we should have a “power-based foreign policy,” but rather how we most effectively assert our power.

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One on September 7, 2025, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland. (Getty Images)

Commentary

A Power-Driven Foreign Policy

Tod Lindberg

Senior Fellow

Tod Lindberg

Sep 5, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

A US Army Patriot Missile System participates in the exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21 in Croatia on May 17, 2021. (US Army)

Commentary

Golden Dome: Getting Our Sword-to-Shield Ratio Right

Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

Bryan Clark

Sep 5, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

The Dispatch: Not Letting AI Master Us: Too Much Optimism Leaves Out the Human Toll. By Aaron Maclean September 4, 2025

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Commentary

Not Letting AI Master Us

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Sep 4, 2025

Commentary

10 Min Read

Mary Kissel appears on the John Batchelor Show to discuss recent meetings hosted by the White House

US Chief of Protocol Monica Crowley greets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the White House before a meeting with President Donald Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky on August 18, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)

Podcast

White House Success

Mary Kissel

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Mary Kissel

Sep 3, 2025

Podcast

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Podcast

Mr. Modi Goes to China

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Sep 2, 2025

Podcast

Washington Times: Why China Must Be Excluded from Postwar Ukraine’s Reconstruction and Security Guarantees By Miles Yu September 1, 2025

Chinese honor guards participate in a welcome ceremony in Tianjin, China, on August 31, 2025, as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to attend a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. (Vladimir Smirnov via Getty Images)

Commentary

Why China Must Be Excluded from Postwar Ukraine’s Reconstruction and Security Guarantees

Miles Yu

Senior Fellow and Director, China Center

Miles Yu

Sep 1, 2025

Commentary

5 Min Read

Walter Russel mead Hudson institute Wall street Journal

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping greet each other during a welcoming ceremony of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin on August 31, 2025. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump’s Defining Issue: China