Geopolitics

Beyond Sanctions: A Grand Strategy for Sustained U.S. Tech Leadership
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...

Artificial Intelligence Can Be America’s Strategic Advantage
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...

Three Policies That Will Make or Break U.S. Tech Competition with China
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...

America’s Vanishing Tech Edge: Reclaiming Leadership from China
Editor’s note: In February, The National Interest organized a symposium on the U.S.-China technology race amidst the emergence of DeepSeek and ongoing legal battles over TikTok. We asked a variety of experts the following...

Symposium: The U.S.-China Technology Race
The United States and China are engaged in a high-stakes contest over the technologies that will define economic strength, military power, and global influence in the 21st century. From artificial...

Russia Is On The Move In Eastern Libya
The Russians are taking Africa by storm. And Libya is the centerpiece of that strategy.

Turkey and Iran Could Go to War Soon
Iraq is set to become a hot zone of proxy fighting between Turkish-backed Islamist militants and Iranian-backed ones.

Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon Priorities, Summed Up in One Word
For several years now, the Pentagon has publicly acknowledged that China is its top national security priority.

Missile Sales are Just the Start of the Russia-India “Special Relationship”
With the new Trump administration firmly ensconced in power and seemingly breaking the news cycle every day, the one thing Trump must not do is castigate India for its long-time...

The Iraq War Was the Conflict No One Prepared For
In Iraq, the two most ubiquitous weapons were not the kind that the Americans trained against, or to use.

Turkey Is On a Shipbuilding Spree
Turkey continues its long march to becoming a major world power. It has made decisive geopolitical moves to enhance its position relative to those of its rivals in the Middle East,...

America Is Losing the Arctic to Russia
President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s recent comments about his apparent desire to “purchase” Greenland and possibly Canada have sparked a firestorm throughout the world. While these comments may have been simple negotiation tactics to secure...