Congressional Foreign Affairs
Peacekeeping arrears and congressional funding caps have become strategic variables, not accounting footnotes, in U.S. diplomacy at the United Nations.
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Defense Policy
AUKUS Meets Shipyard Math in 2026
AUKUS export-control barriers have eased, but U.S. submarine industrial throughput now determines whether Pillar I timelines remain credible.
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Defense Policy
AUKUS Meets Shipyard Math in 2026
Washington has removed much of AUKUS regulatory friction, but Senate testimony shows submarine output and supplier performance now drive Pillar I credibility.
Congressional Foreign Affairs
U.S. UN Dues Strategy in 2026
Peacekeeping arrears and congressional funding caps have become strategic variables, not accounting footnotes, in U.S. diplomacy at the United Nations.
Congressional Foreign Affairs
Congress is now the decision point on Washington's aid consolidation, with appropriators weighing toplines, transfer authority, and oversight guardrails.
Sanctions & Trade
The administration is signaling sanctions relief while expanding OFAC designations, exposing legal, congressional, and enforcement limits in U.S. coercive diplomacy.
State Department
Two years after the first trilateral summit, Washington, Tokyo, and Manila are translating summit language into planning channels, posture commitments, and infrastructure-backed strategy.
Congressional Foreign Affairs
The Senate has failed three times to invoke the War Powers Resolution. With Trump's self-imposed April 6 deadline approaching, Congress confronts the outer limits of its authority to restrain executive military action.
State Department
Recent U.S. diplomatic and investment initiatives in the Pacific Islands underscore a critical pivot to strengthen regional alliances and economic partnerships, key to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific.
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