I examine what is happening with President-elect Donald Trump’s transition to the White House. This week: Donald Trump is ...

Donald Trump has promised to secure a just peace between Russia and Ukraine in his second term. His success or failure will ...

South Korea continues to reel from President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration on December 3. Although the National ...

With his “four red lines,” Chinese leader Xi Jinping is attempting to set the terms for U.S.-China relations during a second ...

Asia’s 2024 election wave fell short of advancing democracy, with autocratic regimes manipulating votes and even established ...

The year 2024 likely saw the highest number of people voting in recorded history. But in Asia, where most people voted, ...

Beijing’s and Moscow’s relationship has strengthened militarily, economically, and diplomatically in the past two decades, ...

In a partnership bordering on alliance, “Russia and China have been clear about the world they seek,” asserts a new Council Special Report, No Limits? The China-Russia Relationship and U.S. Foreign ...

Edward Alden’s speech on October 28, 2024, at the Yeutter Institute for International Trade and Finance at the University of ...

The flight of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to exile in Russia poses a major strategic challenge to Russian President ...

The differences in U.S. life expectancy are so large it’s as if the population lives in separate Americas instead of one.

While the “big four” autocratic powers dominate attention, a broader and increasingly interconnected network of authoritarian states poses an equally significant but underappreciated threat to ...