By Mark Leonard, Project Syndicate | December 18, 2025
Given the Trump administration’s recent statements and policy pronouncements, European leaders no longer have any excuse for failing to map out their own long-term security strategy. If they can get their act together on ending the Ukraine war, they will gain a much stronger position on other key fronts, too.
Russia is suffering problems in its war against Ukraine that partly stem from a growing Ukrainian military strength: the use of medium-range drone attacks
Xi described China-Russia cooperation as a stabilizing force amid growing global instability and rising “unilateral hegemonic tendencies.”
Russia is winning on maps and losing on math. Iran is running out of room.
Democracy functions as an elite contest, politicians and their coalitions vie for office, much like firms compete in a market
In the US, multiple nations speaking English live together within the 50 states and under a federal umbrella. In our case, language doesn’t demarcate a nation very clearly
The speed with which American polities proceed toward this situation will depend on two factors, both of which are already at play and contribute to ongoing talk of “national divorce” in the United States
