Michael Rubin

The UK’s withdrawal from the Chagos Islands should open an opportunity for a U.S. naval base in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Kingdom Does Not like the Houthis, but Long Ago Stopped Seeking to Win the War Against Them

U.S. Policymakers Should Know That Not All Factions Are Equal in Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council

As India becomes a global power, it should build on its anti-colonial ideology to counter 21st century imperialism in whatever forms it takes. The Modi Doctrine can do for Indian Ocean basin what the Monroe Doctrine did for the Americas

More than 67,000 delegates are in Baku, Azerbaijan, to attend the United Nations’ annual climate summit. Brazil alone sent nearly 2,000 people, and Turkey more than 1,800. Both China and the United Arab Emirates credentialed close to 1,000 delegates. The United Nations itself sent hundreds of “observers” on behalf of both U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

The Supreme Leader’s Son Does Not Have the Prestige of Iran’s Grand Ayatollahs or Even Many Ordinary Ayatollahs

The Pentagon ignores Turkey’s support for its enemies because it fears losing access to the Incirlik Air Base.

Azerbaijan’s Dictator Embraces the Khojaly Myth to Justify His Family’s Rule, but the United States and Others Should Not

It would shatter the stigma the International Criminal Court wishes to attach to the Israeli prime minister and encourage smaller countries to follow suit.

President-elect Donald Trump is still two months away from taking office, but his initial foreign policy and national security appointments suggest a no-nonsense approach to China. While Trump derangement syndrome infects many in elite circles in Washington and Western Europe and exaggerates criticisms of his first-term conduct, he did succeed in fundamentally changing the conversation about China. Whereas Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama saw China as a partner, even if also a “near peer” competitor, Trump recognized China as an enemy and existential threat to the United States.