The American semiconductor industry has withered to the point where none of the most advanced chips are made in the United States. Meanwhile, China has been rapidly catching up.
Biden outlined a five-part "new framework for the Middle East” that included supporting economic development, military security and democratic freedoms.
Although construction is evident on satellite and has been monitored by groups that track the proliferation of new nuclear facilities, officials have never talked about it publicly.
There is no question that the decision to give Ukraine the weapons they have requested for weeks marked a major escalation in the kind of military aid that Washington is providing.
Differing objectives make it all the more difficult to define what victory — or even a muddled peace — would look like.
In embracing Finland’s, and soon Sweden’s, move to join NATO, Washington and its allies are doubling down on a bet that Russia has made a huge strategic mistake. But many questions remain.
There is growing concern in Washington that Russia is now so cut off from the world that Putin sees little downside to provocative actions.
The Russian message — one of a series of warnings punctuated by a formal protest note — suggested rising concerns that the weapons were seriously hindering Russia’s combat capabilities.
Biden’s aides quickly insisted that the remark — delivered in front of a castle that served for centuries as a home for Polish monarchs — was not intended as an appeal for regime change.
Ending a diplomatic trip with a speech in Warsaw, Biden described the Russian invasion of Ukraine as the "test of all time” in the struggle between democracy and autocracy.
