The West Remembers Why It Liked U.S. Leadership
Those who grumbled about Pax Americana are being confronted with the alternative.
Foreign Policy Corner
Trump's Quiet, Profound Geopolitical Failures
China and Russia are bonding, while India has no choice but to quietly reach out to both.
Trumps Foreign Policy Masterstroke
President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Northern Syria is a brilliant strategic move that simultaneously achieves all of our major objectives...
Inside The
Beltway
- Will Democrats Become Born-Again Neocons?
- Sanctions Are Part of a Failed Foreign Policy Playbook
- Let a Thousand Parties Bloom
- Trump Is Repeating Obama's Big Middle East Mistakes
- John Mearsheimer on Russia
- Why Tragedy Matters in U.S. Foreign Policy
- Searching For American Foreign Policy
- Where Is the Left Wings Foreign Policy?
Allies And
Interests
- Why Trade Wars Are Inevitable
- The Future of Turkey's Foreign Policy
- Germany Chooses China Over the West
- Can American Values Survive in a Chinese World?
- A Tale of Two Polands
- Mackinder's Nightmare
- Is Macron Europe’s New Foreign Policy Leader?
- The Breakaways: A Retrospective on the Baltic Road to NATO
- America's Friends Are Fighting
Real Clear Foreign Policy
The United States Should Fear a Faltering China
Beijing's newfound assertiveness is a sign of desperation, not ambition.
Assad Is Now Syrias Best-Case Scenario
The ruthless Syrian dictator is guilty of countless war crimes—and regrettably represents his country's least bad remaining option.
German Reunification Gave Europe a Purpose
Diplomats dealing with North Korea and Iran should review the historical record
Trump Prepares America for Great-Power Competition
Donald Trump is neither a warmonger nor an isolationist. His game plan is to ramp up the pressure and “de-escalate on favorable terms.” And he wants to be prepared for the dangers that...
America Should Embrace Restraint in Dealings With Russia
Dara Massicot of the RAND Corporation believes that the Russians will release a new military doctrine by 2020. Massicot argues that the new Russian military doctrine will contain nine fundamental...
America's Allies Need New Strategies and Partners
India will have to fashion its policies amid this multi-polar flux as US allies chalk up new strategies and partnerships.
Restraint and the Rise of China
Two big ideas threaten to overturn decades of conventional wisdom about how U.S. power should be used overseas. The first idea is a general admonition that the United States should give up its role...
Don't Leave Grand Strategy to the Generals
Gen. James Mattis reads history as a proponent of primacy, that the United States can and should sustain its place as the world's preeminent power and global policeman. This is a primitive...
