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China’s Balloon-Size Blunder Is a Huge Opportunity
Commentary
Whether a product of hubris or incompetence, the Chinese-spy-balloon affair has derailed Beijing’s charm offensive and raised grave suspicions among Americans....
By Richard Fontaine
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China’s Balloon Could Be America’s Awakening
Commentary
Beijing’s blunder may well represent—forgive the expression—a great-power trial balloon. And it may even spur a broad American awakening....
By Richard Fontaine
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To Help Afghanistan, Engage Its Political Opposition
Commentary
The effort to help Afghans shape a better alternative should begin now....
By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis
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Commentary
Indo-Pacific Security / Transatlantic Security
Taking on China and RussiaToday Washington has chosen, perhaps by default, to compete with—and if necessary, confront—both Russia and China simultaneously and indefinitely....
By Richard Fontaine
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Welcome to the New Age of Nukes
Commentary
Nuclear weapons are back, and in a disturbingly visceral way. Vladimir Putin’s saber-rattling—“this is not a bluff” he said, warning of nuclear use in Ukraine—has sparked conc...
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
Defense / Transatlantic Security
AUKUS Has Big Technology Hurdles with Some Very Big RewardsAmid the rise of Chinese power and the changing Indo-Pacific dynamic, allies like Australia and the US must work together even more closely than before....
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
Defense / Indo-Pacific Security
Under Pressure: The Present and Future of International OrderDefending a liberal international order requires unity and commitment. It entails costs....
By Richard Fontaine
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Why Russia Must Fail in Ukraine
Commentary
Should Moscow’s violent revisionism succeed, it would threaten the very principles that have helped create peace, prosperity, and freedom over more than half a century....
By Richard Fontaine
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The World That Putin Has Made
Commentary
By attacking Ukraine, Vladimir Putin may have brought about what he wanted least: a galvanized West, determined to act together to preserve a liberal world order...
By Richard Fontaine
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Ukraine War Should Slow But Not Stop the U.S. Pivot to Asia
Commentary
The U.S. should continue a long-term shift to Asia, but in a way that better balances resources and engagements across the three strategic theaters....
By Richard Fontaine
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The Long Weekend That Changed History
Governments are no longer trying to alter Russian behavior but are instead trying to diminish its ability to project power. All of this happened over a long weekend....
By Richard Fontaine
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The US can aid Afghans without boosting the Taliban
Commentary
The Biden administration should help alleviate Afghan suffering while preserving a degree of leverage with the Taliban on both human rights and terrorism concerns...
By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis
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Washington’s Missing China Strategy
Commentary
The Biden administration has repeatedly identified China as the United States’ foremost foreign policy challenge. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has referred to China as th...
By Richard Fontaine
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Values Are Interests
Commentary
The answer to democracy’s problems is not dictatorship. It is, rather, better democracy—and more of it....
By Richard Fontaine & Daniel Twining
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Biden’s Democracy Summit Needs to Produce More Than a Bland Statement
Commentary
While the United States must continue strengthening democratic institutions at home, it can and should support the growth of freedom abroad at the same time. The Summit for De...
By Richard Fontaine & Jared Cohen
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What the New China Focus Gets Wrong
Commentary
It is necessary for Washington to prioritize China without allowing that focus to harm other interests and priorities. Balance, rather than tilting too far in one direction, s...
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Unite technodemocraciesTechnology has become a central element in today's geopolitical competition. Yet there is still no coordination forum among the world's technodemocracies....
By Richard Fontaine & Jared Cohen
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A Profound Move for Both Canberra and Washington
Commentary
AUKUS and the submarine deal make a profound diplomatic point about how Washington weighs Canberra’s importance....
By Richard Fontaine
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20 years after 9/11, US foreign policy still struggles for balance
Commentary
That points the way to a post-post-9/11 foreign policy: Balancing America’s interests, values, presence, engagement, and efforts — on multiple issues in multiple places — shou...
By Richard Fontaine
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Commentary
Technology & National Security
Cuba Needs a Free InternetThe online tug of war between dictator and dissident is nothing new. But the nature of that war is changing, and tomorrow’s digital battles will feature greater decentralizati...
By Richard Fontaine & Kara Frederick
