Achieving a healthy rebalance in civil-military relations requires rebalanced investment in competing institutions and elements of national power, writes Todd Schmidt.

For the United States and Israel, the most serious security concern in Syria remains the continued Iranian involvement, writes Abraham Wagner.

Any final outcome from the peace talks between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan must honor the sacrifices of Americans and Afghans, as well as the integrity of the Afghan constitution, the ideal of representative government, and the belief that all Afghans deserve equal consideration and treatment under the law, writes Haroon Azar.

The medical device market is experiencing a changing landscape as players from emerging economies join the competition, and this will only be accelerated with the global pandemic, write Kate Jiang and Heitham Hassoun.

At present no one can say when and if Saudi Arabia will join peace accords with Israel, and Syria should also be considered, writes Abraham Wagner.

A change of U.S. administration would bring some changes of emphasis, style, and approach to the U.S.-China relationship, but the agenda and goals will be very similar regardless of who occupies the White House, writes Dane Chamorro.

Clinging to the consensus has won the party little respect from Beijing, while putting it out of step with the majority of Taiwanese opinion, write Derek Grossman and Brandon Alexander Millan.

What is the current state of Russia’s relations with China and the Indo-Pacific? And what are the prospects for Russia as an Indo-Pacific power? For a perspective on these matters, Jongsoo Lee interviews Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center and chair of the Center’s Foreign and Security Policy Program.

The United States and Fiji continue to strengthen security cooperation, which should be seen in the context of Washington’s prioritization of the Indo-Pacific region, writes C. Steven McGann.

As America and China’s relationship becomes increasingly adversarial, it’s notable that only one of those two nations seems to understand the benefits of making and keeping friends around the world, writes Dan Schnur.