Editor’s Note: This piece was updated on October 23, 2025, to reflect that China further increased the tariff to 45 percent in April 2025. A previous version of this piece stated that China raised ...

The United States is overseeing a seismic reordering of defense priorities and assets to the Western Hemisphere. At the time of this writing, four destroyers, one cruiser, one nuclear-powered attack ...

In advance of President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit to South Korea later this month—where he is expected to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time since 2019—China announced that it ...

With the war in Ukraine and a potential reduction of U.S. military presence in Europe on the horizon, there is a renewed imperative for European leaders to strengthen and integrate their defense ...

Evidence of military cooperation between China and Russia around the world has contributed to a growing perception of an emerging “axis of autocracies” rising to challenge the collective West. In the ...

With over 35 years of experience in the areas of combating terrorism and homeland security, Col. Joseph Rozek (USA, ret.) has served in senior positions within the White House and the Department of ...

The world knows that China is modernizing and drastically expanding the size of its nuclear arsenal. But China has never admitted it—at least until yesterday. On September 3, 2025, China held a parade ...

China’s economy is at a transformational moment. For more than two decades, a growth model centered on the debt-fueled construction of housing and infrastructure propelled the country’s rapid ...

In the immediate aftermath of the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 22, “Operation Midnight Hammer,” policymakers and experts launched into a heated debate not only about the physical ...

Since 2022, China has conducted numerous military drills and exercises simulating blockades of the island of Taiwan, a democracy of 23 million that sits astride one of the world's maritime chokepoints ...

Under the Trump administration, military aid to Ukraine has been on and off, then partially on, then on again, and then increased further. That's where the policy lies as of Tuesday, July 15. Yet, ...

On April 2, 2025—a date President Trump proclaimed “Liberation Day”—the administration announced the most sweeping tariff hike since the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the 1930 law best remembered for ...