A bigger defense budget will enable Japan to better manage Chinese and North Korean threats, thus alleviating the United States’ security burden in the region…
A New Trade Pact in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, the U.S.-led effort to counter China and foster economic engagement in the region, has officially launched…
The Weekly Rundown: French Legislative Elections, U.S. Climate Envoy Travels to Mexico
A look at what the coming week will bring — and a list of recommended RANE articles from the week that was…
Previewing France’s Legislative Election
The coalition behind President Emmanuel Macron is expected to remain the main force in the French National Assembly in upcoming legislative elections, but on the off chance a far-left coalition takes control, it would challenge Macron’s ability to implement reforms at home and weaken his influence abroad.
Communism Still Haunts Russia
Putin’s tyranny followed organically from the decade of anarchy kicked off by the Soviet collapse.
NCLA Celebrates Five Years of Protecting Civil Liberties Against the Administrative State
Japan’s Return to History?
Thoughts in and around geopolitics. After World War II, the United States wrote a constitution for Japan that stated, in Article 9, that Japan would not maintain a military in the future.
America’s Interests in Ukraine
Nearly every time Russia has been invaded, it has been saved by its strategic depth. Russia can’t truly be defeated without first taking Moscow, and it is a long way to Moscow.
