The Trump-Putin Summit: Domestic Fallout and the Future of U.S.-Russia Cooperation
Whatever the outcome of Donald Trump’s presidency, the meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki at the American president’s strenuous...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
The Trump-Putin Summit: Domestic Fallout and the Future of U.S.-Russia Cooperation
A nation must think before it acts.
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NATO—Who’s In, Who’s Out, Who’s Down?
Last week’s summit of NATO leaders has already inspired a great deal of serious analysis and criticism, and has...
Trade War: Acting Without Thinking
The Trump administration has launched a no-kidding trade war with China—and no one who knows Donald Trump well is...
Examining NATO’s Progress: Common Goals, Shared Burdens
In mid-July, the heads of state from NATO’s 29 members will meet in the new headquarters building in Brussels...
Hanging by a Thread: Russia’s Strategy of Destabilization in Montenegro
In December 2015, Montenegro opted to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and in doing so categorcially rebuffed...
Where did the Founders Get their Ideas? America’s Machiavellian Moment and the Origins of the Atlantic Republican Tradition
What does it mean to speak of American Exceptionalism? If it just means unique, then the claim is unexceptional...
A Grander Strategy at Work?: North Korea, China, and Trump’s Suspension of the U.S.-South Korean Military Exercise
President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un in Singapore lasted only a few hours. But it...
How Russia and the U.S. Factor into Syria: A Briefing Report
Five years into a geopolitically convoluted and logistically complex civil war in Syria, there appears to be no end...
Intelligence “Oversight” or Forbidden Intrusion: How Far Can Congress Go?
The very public demands made by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) or, more accurately, by its...
America First, But What Comes Next? Reflections on U.S. Foreign Policy in the Age of Donald Trump
Donald Trump entered the Oval Office promising to “drain the swamp” in Washington, riding a wave of anti-elite and...