Morocco’s New Africa Policy? The African Union, Algeria, and Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy
This past Sunday, Morocco made a surprise move by sending a delegation to the African Union (AU)—the transnational union...
A nation must think before it acts.
Tag Archive: U.S. Foreign Policy
President Obama’s Last State of the Union Speech: An FPRI Primer
Tonight, President Obama will deliver the last State of the Union Address of his presidency. This prime time speech...
Iran Before and After 1979: How Did We Get Here from There?
Thirty-six years ago on February 11, 1979, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi’s monarchy came to an end and with it the...
Do sanctions on Russia create more problems than they solve?
The sanctions on Russia seem to be working. The sanctions, coupled with large victories by pro-Western parties in 2014...
Open Letters, Closed Minds, and the Making of US Foreign Policy
Friends and colleagues have asked me several times today for my opinion on the open letter to the Iranian...
The National Security Strategy of Strategic Patience and Persistence?
On Friday the Obama administration released its second, and likely last, National Security Strategy. Such strategies are produced in...
Kissinger’s World Order
PDF Version (Editor’s Note: The following remarks were delivered by Walter McDougall at an FPRI Board of Trustees...