If escalation hardens into a binary alignment, India’s pivot will be quiet but decisive.
Unable to fundamentally alter China’s trajectory, Washington appears once more drawn into Middle Eastern theaters.
A new nuclear arms race looms on the horizon.
The greatest challenges to be faced are the relationship with the U.S., our ally, and the relationship with China, our neighbor.
[I]f China can lead by example in helping to maintain or even reshape the international order, it will succeed in filling the void left by the United States.
[The Trump era] is marked as much by policies that endanger vulnerable populations as by political bravado.
By the time Trump emerged, the post-Cold War consensus had already lost much of its social, economic, and strategic foundation.
Increased power, perhaps counterintuitively, appears to breed increased fear of weaker competitors.