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Security arrangements in the Asia-Pacific are being realigned as NATO looks to the region for an Asian version of the trans-Atlantic alliance.

Although U.S.-Saudi bilateral ties are on the mend, ambiguities and the transactional nature of the 1945 oil-for-security covenant contribute to mistrust and tensions. The burden of fixing or stabilizing the relationship is a shared responsibility. It’s time for Washington and Riyadh to reconfigure their security ties in accordance with new U.S. geopolitical priorities and new Saudi defense requirements. This report lays out such a process.

Operation Desert Storm was a defining moment in U.S.-Saudi security relations. However, it happened more than three decades ago — in a very different era in U.S. foreign policy and a very different regional and international context. U.S. interests in the region have changed considerably since, and so have the threats to those interests. Moreover, if its withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 is any indication, America’s willingness to go to war again in the Middle East has eroded.

The flap with the United States raises concerns about how China wields its power in a climate where one wrong move could set off an accidental conflict.

Western sanctions on Russia so far has brought only nightmare and unimaginable sufferings to their own natives, while such sanctions have no real impact

As China grapples with fallout from its “zero-Covid” policy, experts are predicting a recovery at a much slower rate than has been seen in the past.

At the latest MIT Starr Forum, experts analyzed the role of energy issues in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Join us for an expert webcast exploring options for the United States to influence Iranian strategic calculus away from a decision to resume active pursuit of nuclear weapons. Watch live starting at 12:00 p.m. EST (1700 GMT) on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.

MIT Energy Initiative Annual Research Conference highlights both opportunities and obstacles in the race to a net-zero future.

At the MIT Energy Initiative’s 2022 Annual Research Conference, participants acknowledged the deepening difficulties of decarbonizing a world rocked by geopolitical conflicts and suffering from supply chain disruptions, energy insecurity, inflation, and a persistent pandemic.