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Dispatches
By Nate Swanson
As a US carrier strike group nears the Persian Gulf, what options does US President Donald Trump have to strike against the Iranian regime?
By Amanda Thorpe, Stuart Jones
In the coming year, Western Balkan countries will increasingly need to assume greater agency in shaping their own trajectories.
By Jörn Fleck, James Batchik
Trump’s willingness to engage in brinkmanship with Europe over Greenland will have a lasting impact on how the continent’s leaders approach relations with Washington.
By András Simonyi
The task now is not rhetorical escalation, but strategic certainty that secures Greenland and anchors it in the West.
By Justina Budginaite-Froehly
European nations should force Russia’s shadow fleet out of the Baltic Sea and help to reshape the maritime legal order.
By Dan Minnocci
Without right to repair legislation, restrictions that prevent servicemembers from repairing military equipment in the field risk harming US military readiness.
By Daniel Fried
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the US president pledged not to use force to take Greenland and rescinded planned tariffs against several European allies.
By Julia Salabert, Kristen Taylor
Transatlantic allies must focus on accelerating defense innovation while strengthening their defense industrial bases.
By Andrew D’Anieri and Joseph Epstein
The recently announced Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity promises to become a vital connectivity link between Europe and Asia.
By Henrique Arevalo Poincot
With several important leadership positions scheduled to see changes, 2026 may be the year that Guatemala takes back its captured institutions.
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