The election of the United States’ first female vice president, the historic number of Republican women elected to Congress this year, and the all-women-of-color New Mexico House Delegation signals an unprecedented opportunity for women to lead from their seats at the national security decision-making table and throughout the ranks of government, writes the Leadership Council for Women in National Security.

An interview with William Kirby on China’s ambitions, soft power, and education, by Jongsoo Lee.

A new administration in the White House will strengthen California’s position on the world stage and in global trade, writes Jerrold Green.

If we want to convince American voters that a globalized world is in their interest, we have to make a better effort to explain why it is relevant to their circumstances, writes Tim Ridout.

Failure to address the societal problems revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic could be a failure to learn the meta-lessons from this crisis, writes Luke Matthews.

Achieving a healthy rebalance in civil-military relations requires rebalanced investment in competing institutions and elements of national power, writes Todd Schmidt.

For the United States and Israel, the most serious security concern in Syria remains the continued Iranian involvement, writes Abraham Wagner.

Individuals, communities, companies, and nations should seriously examine their own resiliency in regards to climate change and future pandemics, writes Les Lo Baugh, Jr.

Any final outcome from the peace talks between the United States and the Taliban in Afghanistan must honor the sacrifices of Americans and Afghans, as well as the integrity of the Afghan constitution, the ideal of representative government, and the belief that all Afghans deserve equal consideration and treatment under the law, writes Haroon Azar.

The medical device market is experiencing a changing landscape as players from emerging economies join the competition, and this will only be accelerated with the global pandemic, write Kate Jiang and Heitham Hassoun.