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Russian weapons. India signed a contract with Russia to purchase anti-ship cruise missiles, the Indian Defense Ministry said. The ministry added that the weapons will increase the combat capabilities ...

The United States’ goal is to preserve national security, economic well-being and internal stability in a world filled with countries pursuing the same ends, inevitably leading to competition and, at ...

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In my books “The Next 100 Years” and “The Storm Before the Calm,” I introduced a model of U.S. history consisting of political cycles and socio-economic cycles – the former tracking presidential ...

Historically, nations did not conduct themselves without aligning with or getting their bearings in relation to a power system that drove the world, an anchor. This was the case, for example, in the ...

Retaliation. China announced that it will impose tariffs of 15 percent on U.S. coal and liquefied natural gas and 10 percent on U.S. crude oil, agricultural machinery and certain vehicles in response ...

The modernization of China’s military over the past few years has raised justifiable questions over whether Beijing can someday challenge the U.S.-led international order. But the answer to that ...

European impact. Shares of European automakers dropped substantially following the Trump administration’s announcement of 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico, a key production hub for many ...