May 18, 2026 | Rome, Italy

Game (back) on

Terrorism is losing strategic traction as the troika of great powers, the U.S., Russia and China, return to center stage.

What I feel is who I am¦

It never ends

Donald Trumps' near pathological unpredictability makes the systematic conduct of foreign policy increasingly precarious

Act while the going's still good or stand pat?

Waning reach

Uncle Sam doesn't command the same audience he did half-a-century ago, so how then to best use his voice?

Talking tough, acting tamer.

Unthinkable thinking

Donald Trump's economic priorities are overturning old apple carts, but it's unwise to blindly label all the shakeups as bad.