Hal Brands

A broader war in the Middle East and a flood of Venezuelan immigrants are just two global crises that could upend the presidential race.

Allies in the Middle East and Pacific could well seek the bomb if they feel abandoned by the US.

The president’s great success was building alliances; his major failures were on trade and military readiness.

The success of the Iran-backed Houthis is just another example of US foes chipping away at the global order.

Biden shouldn’t worry about giving Ukraine long-range missiles when Russia is upping its sabotage in Western Europe and aid to terrorists in the Middle East.

Biden shouldn’t worry about giving Ukraine long-range missiles when Russia is upping its sabotage in Western Europe and aid to terrorists in the Middle East

Since the war in Ukraine started, avoiding escalation – a leap into a larger, more globally consuming conflict – has been US president Joe Biden’s abiding preoccupation. But nearly three years in, the reality is that the war has already sprawled and escalated, just not quite in the ways many observers might expect.

Beijing is acting militarily, economically, diplomatically and psychologically to convince Taipei that resistance is futile -- and reunification, inevitable.

The Republican and Democratic presidential candidates disagree on negotiations with Putin, but either way, the US is going to be in for the long haul.

The challenge is that no one has figured out how to turn a deteriorating battlefield situation into a decent peace.