At its best, HBO's House of the Dragon echoes questions about politics that drove the early seasons of Game of Thrones. How does one obtain or lose power? Why are those who desire it so often unfit? The right bloodline…
The date was 7 November 1950. Chinese forces had moved into Tibet the previous month. Patel, India's Home Minister, sat down to tell Prime Minister Nehru what this meant for the country's security. (AI generated image) (The writer is an author and…
[ Source: Fiji Government / Facebook ] Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka reaffirmed Fiji’s strong partnership with the People’s Republic of China following a high-level meeting with China’s Special Envoy to the Pacific Island Countries, Qian Bo. Rabuka emphasized the depth and stability of…
“The CIA is in the lead” Harris does not bury the lede. Armed with information the CIA provides, Ukraine’s military has been launching strikes deep inside Russia. American spy satellites give Ukraine early warning of incoming Russian missiles and drones.
The Middle East needs a security architecture that includes Tehran. Senior representatives of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey—the three members of the recently formed Mecca defense alliance—gathered in Tehran early this week for an unprecedented meeting with Iranian…
The strategy rests on four priority sectors: Taken together, these ambitious aims can create self-reinforcing momentum for economic reform and investment, transforming the Western Hemisphere into the most attractive place to do business in the world and securing U.S. prosperity and…
On October 16th the World Bank said it would quintuple, to $20bn, a fund to help countries capture some of the surging demand. Yet in order to succeed, their governments cannot rely only on their subterranean resources or their cosiness with America…
Each Friday, I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: China’s effort to solve its economic woes by doubling down on exports is creating a policy challenge for others. Is history repeating itself? Economists…
This week on The Spillover, host Rebecca Patterson and Jim Steinberg, dean of SAIS at Johns Hopkins University, unpack how Washington’s deal-making approach is playing out in Ukraine, Taiwan, AI governance, and the Iran war, and what could replace the…
October 29, 2026 at 2:30 pm Ballistic missiles, air defense systems and unmanned aerial vehicles are displayed at Baharestan Square as part of Iran’s “Sacred Defense Week” amid ongoing tensions in Tehran, Iran, on September 29, 2026. [Fatemeh Bahrami – Anadolu Agency] That expectation is a…
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