Every U.S. president since Reagan was wrong about China

For decades U.S. politicians and analysts told us economic growth in China would spur liberalism. Denying that fact could lead to more big mistakes.

Trump has been (partly) good for U.S. foreign policy

By shattering outdated norms, the U.S. president has set up his successor to be a transformational figure.

"Horizontal escalation" is a new strategy to shift a war to the enemy's weak spots. Unfortunately, it won't work on its own.

Bringing the troops home is a laudable goal — if you have a plan to do it in a way that doesn't harm national security.

There is an epochal paradox at the center of the Iran crisis.

If China really is the new focus of Western security, why is Trump picking fights in the Middle East?

The post-Cold War idea of winning on two fronts gives way to the realities of great power competition.

Ever since the massacre, Beijing has pushed authoritarianism at home and abroad.

Iran, Venezuela and North Korea all show the problem with making threats you can't back up.

A poll shows few Americans know what 'liberal international order' means, but most like leading it.