The US-UK Special Relationship: Time for a Reset, Not an End
Editor’s Note: This is the second article in a series on the future of US-UK relations. The first article...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The US-UK Special Relationship: Time for a Reset, Not an End
A nation must think before it acts.
North Korea
Prisoner Exchanges and Hostage Diplomacy in US Foreign Policy
Evan Gershkovich was in Yekaterinburg in March 2023 reporting for The Wall Street Journal when he was arrested by...
2023 Holiday Book Recommendations
Carol Rollie Flynn Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine, David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts. This book...
US and North Korea: Testing the Water on Arms Control and Reduction
Ask US policymakers what America’s North Korea policy goal is and they will probably tell you it is denuclearization....
Biden’s Bombs: The Dance of Ethics and Interests
On July 7, 2023, at the Blue Grass Army Depot in Kentucky, operators carefully placed an M55 rocket filled...
Wagner Group Licks its Wounds in Belarus
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Another Washington Declaration: US Nuclear Weapons on the Korean Peninsula
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Stress-Testing Chinese-Russian Relations
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Japan’s Bigger Defense Budget: Getting to Effective Deterrence
“We have to prepare for realistic possibilities to protect our people,” counseled Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a...
Mr. Kishida Goes to Washington, And What it Means for the United States
Kishida Is Warmly Welcomed in Washington Japanese Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to the United States—on the less than auspicious...