U.S. Foreign Policy
VIDEO: The Trump Administration and Africa
As President Trump reshapes U.S. foreign policy, Africa—home to a quarter of the world’s governments—faces shifting expectations and strategic uncertainties. What does Trump want from Africa, and what does Africa...
America in 2024: Still First Among Equals?
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the greatest superpower of all? That is the question being asked once again by foreign policy pundits in Washington, as elsewhere—bearing in mind,...
How The “Commander-in-Chief Test” Distorts the Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy
Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from Professor Jeffrey A. Friedman’s forthcoming book, The Commander-in-Chief Test: Public Opinion and the Politics of Image-Making in U.S. Foreign Policy (Cornell University Press),...
American Deterrence Is Failing
There is a problem with deterrence; it’s not working. Not that we are about to descend into nuclear armageddon. But aside from nuclear wars, the United States’ deterrence paradigm does...
The Democratist War on Diplomacy
While the long-term results of the People’s Republic of China’s diplomatic outreach into both the Middle East and Ukraine remain unknown, it is apparent that the foreign policy establishment in...
Bridging Free and Open Spaces Serves U.S. Interests
American interests are advanced by bridging the world’s free and open spaces, thereby preventing authoritarian regimes from dividing the world into hard spheres of control. In the face of a...
The Republican Party has a Foreign Policy Problem
If President Donald Trump accomplished anything during his four years in office, it is that he broke the pre-existing U.S. foreign policy consensus, upending previously held beliefs regarding China, Arab-Israeli...
Blinken’s Central Asia Visit Reinforces U.S. Blunders in the Region
Secretary of State Antony Blinken recently finished his first tour of Central Asia. His visit began in Astana, Kazakhstan, where he met with the C5+1 Foreign Ministers during a C5...
Lessons of Ukraine War: Rethinking America’s Footprint in Europe
Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine stands as the biggest shakeup in the transatlantic community since the fall of the wall. It has completely changed our world, and we must...
Can America’s Allies Still Count on Washington?
Over the past several years, America’s traditional allies have begun to worry that this nation is no longer a reliable security partner. Many of the reasons for friends and allies...
Chaos in Libya: The Rising ISIS Threat to Europe
The Islamic State, also known as ISIS, poses a threat to European security as demonstrated by the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels. In the past year, the terrorist group...
Obama’s Realism
Edward Luce in the Financial Times has a take on Barack Obama’s foreign policy that is accurate and should be evident to all. But given the state of foreign policy...