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“Put plainly, U.S. President Donald Trump lost both the war and the negotiations to end it. But if Iran overplays its hand, it could lose the peace that follows,” writes Nate Swanson.
“Countries have long assumed that the possession of nuclear weapons was the surest guarantee of their security.” Read Rose Gottemoeller on why nuclear deterrence is no longer working.
NATO’s current crisis “fits a recognizable pattern,” argue Florence Gaub and Jonathan Heist, and the same forces that have kept the alliance intact in the past will continue to ensure its survival.
“The Gulf states need clearer security commitments now more than ever. These countries, however, are losing faith that Washington is committed to ensuring their security,” writes Dana Stroul.
“Quantum computing has the potential to crack the encryption most broadly used by governments and individuals alike,” writes Anne Neuberger. How can Washington prepare for a world in which its adversaries build a quantum computer first?
On the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” Narges Bajoghli and @valinasr.bsky.social consider how the last three and a half months of war will shape both the Middle East’s trajectory and the future of geopolitics more broadly.
Listen here: https://fam.ag/4eiLQ8c
“Although it is exceedingly difficult for the democratic opposition to dislodge the leader of an electoral autocracy, Hungary is a reminder that it is not impossible,” write @rdanielkelemen.bsky.social and @dziblatt.bsky.social.
@dziblatt.bsky.social and I in @foreignaffairs.com on the real lessons from Hungary www.foreignaffairs.com/hungary/how-...
“An uneasy quiescence has come to define U.S.-Chinese relations,” writes Jonathan Czin. Beijing sees this impasse “as a victory—a sign that China has positioned itself as the United States’ peer.”
“The broader lesson of the war in Iran is that the Middle East is moving deeper into a ‘G-Zero’ world, in which no single power is both willing and able to guarantee order,” write @ianbremmer.com and Firas Maksad.
