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In an aerial view, BYD Shark 6, mid-size plug-in hybrid (PHEV) pickup trucks, wait to be loaded onto ships for export at Yantai Port on March 31, 2026 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China.

Here’s how to be smart about Chinese EV imports

By Bruce Stokes
Posted May 8, 2026 at 2:02pm
Ranking member Jeanne Shaheen, left, and Chairman Jim Risch, right, look on as Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for a Senate Foreign Relations hearing about Venezuela on Jan. 28. Rubio also discussed U.S. policy toward Cuba, which Bruce Stokes writes is fraught with risk.

Regime change in Cuba? Careful what you ask for

By Bruce Stokes
Posted February 6, 2026 at 1:21pm
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has warned of mass job losses due to AI. Regardless of how accurate such a prediction turns out to be, Bruce Stokes writes, policymakers can be proactive about the technology and avoid some of the disruptive effects of globalization.

Being proactive on AI can head off mistakes of globalization

By Bruce Stokes
Posted November 25, 2025 at 9:00am
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, seen here in 2019 at the G-20 summit in Osaka, are likely to meet next week in South Korea.

Must-see summit: Global audience awaits Trump-Xi meeting

By Bruce Stokes
Posted October 23, 2025 at 4:52pm
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) during morning trading on March 4, 2024 in New York City.

Looking for answers to the congressional stock-trading conundrum

By Bruce Stokes and John Newcaster
Posted August 20, 2025 at 12:01pm
President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during the NATO Summit in The Hague on June 25.

Debt, taxes or cuts: NATO’s 5 percent solution

By Bruce Stokes
Posted July 1, 2025 at 6:00am
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent arrives for a meeting in the Capitol on Tuesday. Bessent recently spoke about resolving differences with allies like the EU and then addressing China with a group approach.

Tariff dispute distracts from mutual US-EU challenge: China

By Bruce Stokes
Posted April 11, 2025 at 10:35am
The model of a Lockheed Martin F-35A stands at Rheinmetall's corporate headquarters before the start of the annual press conference on Wednesday. Rheinmetall supplies the center fuselage section in cooperation with Northrop Grumman.

Rebuilding Europe’s defense capacity will take ingenuity, time

By Bruce Stokes
Posted March 13, 2025 at 5:30am
A damaged building is pictured Wednesday in the Kurenivka neighborhood of Kyiv after a Russian missile attack. The Russian army attacked Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast with missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles overnight, causing fires to break out in several districts. One person died and four others were injured.

Ukraine and the day after a ceasefire

By Bruce Stokes
Posted February 12, 2025 at 4:26pm
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport is among the busiest airports in the United States. One way to make it safer is to provide high-speed rail options, Bruce Stokes writes.

One lasting way to make air travel safer

By Bruce Stokes
Posted January 31, 2025 at 3:08pm
Marine One takes off with President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden from the South Lawn of the White House on May 29.

In new poll, Europeans express little faith in America’s future influence

By Bruce Stokes
Posted September 12, 2023 at 6:00am
A retail warehouse was damaged by a recent Russian missile attack in Odesa, Ukraine.

Congress should dole out funds for a postwar Ukraine investment trust fund

By Bruce Stokes
Posted June 20, 2023 at 6:00am
The United States and its counterparts in Europe have a small window to coordinate on key issues, writes Bruce Stokes.

Fireproofing US-European ties

By Bruce Stokes
Posted February 3, 2023 at 11:00am
The German Bundestag, where several younger members have a different take on the Ukraine crisis than their elder statesmen, Bruce Stokes writes.

Young European lawmakers on the Ukraine crisis

By Bruce Stokes
Posted February 19, 2022 at 12:00pm