The combination of high staff turnover, capacity issues, and constant changes in leadership have crippled the role of the U.S. National Security Council (NSC). Kathryn Dunn Tenpas chronicles the last three chaotic years of the NSC and explains how its diminishing role has led to a less safe nation.

In 2017, Vladimir Putin said that the country that led in technologies using artificial intelligence (AI) will dominate the globe. Indermit Gill takes stock of the global AI race and identifies the strengths of key players.

Following the downing of Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752, furious Iranians took to the streets to try to hold their government accountable for the deaths of those on board. Suzanne Maloney writes about the Iranian regime’s issues with its own citizenry, which are only deepening with each new confrontation.