Overview The United States does not have an interest in engaging in zero-sum competition with other major powers: the ...

The advent of AI technology has unleashed a global race that is both commercial and geopolitical in nature. Private firms are staking out positions in the AI value chain and seeking to secure market ...

Artificial intelligence is no longer just a technology story. It is rapidly becoming a geopolitical force that influences national security, ...

On July 30, 2025, as the world’s largest infrastructure deal teetered on the brink of collapse, Panama’s Comptroller General Anel Flores walked into the Supreme Court and filed two lawsuits that ...

U.S. cyber policy has long treated China as both a strategic competitor and a cyber powerhouse—capable of espionage at scale, ...

Central Asia has entered a new phase of geopolitical significance in which regional states are no longer viewed merely as peripheral actors ...

Located at the crossroads of vital Indian Ocean shipping lanes linking the Middle East and Asia, the Maldives has emerged as an unlikely but increasingly important foothold in Indo-Pacific strategic ...

The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This ...

Chinese policymaking does not run on election cycles; it runs on planning cycles. Since 1953, inspired by the Soviet Union, the Chinese Communist Party has issued fourteen Five-Year Plans (FYPs) to ...