If you are like me, you try not to spend every waking minute stressing about how badly the human species has already messed up the planet in which we live, writes Seth Freeman, Emmy-winning writer/producer for television, a playwright and a journalist

As the U.S. appears to be pushing for a quick signing of a new nuclear deal, Iran is now viewing the Ukraine crisis as an economic opportunity to be quickly grasped, writes Dr. Abraham Wagner, Lecturer in Law at the Columbia Law School.

In Eastern Europe, conflicts do not have boundaries, writes Madalin Blidaru, policy-oriented researcher and political analyst

Of all the obvious dangers that come with war, one of the most far-reaching in the current Russia-Ukraine conflict has been woefully under-appreciated, writes Bennett Ramberg, former foreign affairs officer in the US State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.

Both leaders assaulted smaller neighbouring countries as part of the historical dynamics that began with the end of the Cold War, writes Ibrahim Al Marashi associate professor at the Department of History, California State University, San Marcos.

Taiwan is now a focal point on the U.S. foreign policy agenda. Preserving the status quo in the Taiwan Strait in the face of growing Chinese power and assertiveness is a challenge not just for the Unites States but also other nations including Japan, writes James Jongsoo Lee.

I believe in a version of American exceptionalism. My version is rooted in one central theme: The United States undertakes every challenge with a recognizable fervor, and even if everything comes crashing down, we remain proud to be American, writes Lucy Santora.

As Russia wages war against Ukraine, the debate over how to respond has grown increasingly disconnected from the reality of American power in a world of great-power competition, write Robert C. O’Brien and Alexander B. Gray.

The Indo-Pacific region has become the epicenter of the US-China competition for global influence, writes C. Steven McGann, former US ambassador to the Republics of Fiji, Nauru, Kiribati, and the Kingdom of Tonga and Tuvalu.

Iran failed to launch satellites in space but succeeded to deliver a message to the US, writes Ibrahim Al Marashi associate professor at the Department of History, California State University, San Marcos.