America’s allies believe the Biden administration’s credibility is deteriorating on the world stage and it has lost control of escalation management in conflict zones, namely the Middle East and Ukraine. This Washington Examiner series, Lost Authority, will look at the reasons why. Read Part 1 and Part 2.

Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping’s expansionist forces continue to cross “red lines” in the South China Sea, according to a senior Philippine envoy who warned that the habit could bring about “the end of the world.”