Commentary Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced democratic countries to face the likely prospects of a prolonged period of confrontation in Europe. This is happening even as China, now the West’s most formidable and determined enemy, has become the first mover and ready belligerent in a looming, region-wide, conflict in the Indo-Pacific. Unchecked, the next…

Commentary As the West is facing a possible confrontation with Russia over Ukraine, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the United States can’t afford an open conflict with Vladimir Putin—and it’s not because the Russian autocrat is too strong, or the United States too disinterested. America has to keep its eyes on the real challenge, an…

No one wants to be No. 2, or as the Chinese saying goes: two tigers cannot live on the same mountain. In a life or death situation, can China and the United States co-exist? We focus on the United States’ Cold War example of fighting against communism and the USSR. The 30th anniversary of the fall…