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How to Avoid an Avoidable War

The United States and its allies around the world will need to consider a number of critical questions about Washington's new policy of strategic competition toward China.

Kevin Rudd

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U.S. Foreign Policy Oct 22, 2018 Snapshot

How to Avoid an Avoidable War

The United States and its allies around the world will need to consider a number of critical questions about Washington's new policy of strategic competition toward...

Kevin Rudd

Security Oct 19, 2018 Snapshot

Can the Pentagon Win the AI Arms Race?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new frontier of military competition, and with China and Russia making headway in the field, the Pentagon is starting to rush, some...

Michael Auslin

A General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper stands on the runway during

Security Oct 17, 2018 Snapshot

Is Going It Alone the Best Way Forward for Europe?

With U.S. untethering a continuing trend, a Europe whole, free, and at peace means a Europe able to fend for itself on the world stage

Benjamin Haddad and Alina Polyakova

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron attend a press conference after their meeting at the German government guesthouse Meseberg Palace in Meseberg, Germany, June 2018.

WMD & Proliferation November/December 2018 Comment

Armed and Dangerous

The real nuclear challenge is what to do when personalist dictatorships, such as North Korea, get the bomb. Careful handling and creative policymaking might contain...

Scott D. Sagan

Globalization November/December 2018 Essay

The Use and Misuse of Economic Statecraft

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew and former State Department Principal Deputy Coordinator for Sanctions Policy Richard Nephew argue that since the end of...

Jacob J. Lew and Richard Nephew

Donald Trump (R) and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin outside of the Treasury Department, April 2017.

Security November/December 2018 Essay

Confronting Iran

The U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, lays out the Trump Administration's foreign policy towards Iran.

Michael R. Pompeo

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the United Against Nuclear Iran Summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, U.S. September 25, 2018.

War & Military Strategy November/December 2018 Comment

Beijing’s Nuclear Option

A future conventional conflict between the United States and China could slide into a nuclear crisis more easily than we think.

Caitlin Talmadge

Political Economy Oct 5, 2018 Snapshot

U.S. Wars Abroad Increase Inequality at Home

The United States' once raised taxes on the wealthy in times of war, now it heaps the costs of conflict onto the middle and lower classes through deficit spending.

Rosella Cappella Zielinski

Politics & Society Oct 3, 2018 Snapshot

Learning to Love Kim's Bomb

North Korea's nuclear arsenal may be more opportunity than threat.

Joshua Shifrinson

Global Institutions Sep 28, 2018 Snapshot

American Sovereignty Is Safe From the UN

Americans should worry about other states and cyber threats, not international institutions stealing their sovereignty.

Bruce Jones

Trump addresses the UN General Assembly in New York, September 2018.

Global Institutions November/December 2018 Essay

The Committee to Save the World Order

America's allies must step up to protect the liberal world order while Trump is in office.

Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay

Grownups of the world, unite: at the G-7 summit in Quebec, June 2018

United Nations Sep 26, 2018 Postscript

Trump’s Nineteenth-Century Grand Strategy

Donald Trump's United Nations General Assembly speech signaled a definitive break with the internationalist consensus that has guided U.S. grand strategy since World...

Charles A. Kupchan

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, September 2018.

Energy Sep 25, 2018 Snapshot

Can Nigeria Solve Its Energy Crisis?

To meet the economic aspirations of its booming, youthful population, Nigeria needs to solve its energy crisis. Small-scale solutions, such as renewable home systems,...

Todd Moss and Judd Devermont

A girl attends morning devotion at a floating school in the Makoko fishing community on the Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria, February 2016

U.S. Foreign Policy Sep 21, 2018 Snapshot

Stop Obsessing About China

China is not the hegemon-in-waiting that many consider it to be.

Michael Beckley

Political Development Sep 20, 2018 Snapshot

Cuba’s Stalled Revolution

So far, Cuba's new president has failed to deliver true change.

Richard E. Feinberg and Ted Piccone

U.S. Foreign Policy Sep 17, 2018 Snapshot

The Right Way to Achieve Security in Space

For Washington, space security depends at least as much on international cooperation as it does on national dominance.

Stewart Patrick and Kyle L. Evanoff

The bright sun greets the International Space Station in this photo taken from the Russian section of the orbital outpost by one of the STS-129 crew members, November 2009.

Sanctions Sep 11, 2018 Snapshot

Is the U.S. Using Sanctions Too Aggressively?

The Steps Washington Can Take to Guard Against Overuse

Peter Harrell

The U.S. Capitol Building is seen at sunset in Washington, May 2017.

U.S. Foreign Policy Sep 5, 2018 Snapshot

The U.S. Needs a New North Korea Strategy

As bilateral negotiation efforts falter after Singapore, the U.S. needs to rethink its North Korea strategy.

Christopher R. Hill

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a meeting in Singapore, June 2018.

U.S. Foreign Policy Aug 29, 2018 Snapshot

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John McCain and the Meaning of Courage

The late U.S. Senator John McCain's life was one marked by courage, empathy, pride, and determination.

H. R. McMaster

U.S. Senator John McCain speaks at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 2017.

Law & Institutions Aug 28, 2018 Response

The Truth About the Liberal Order

The liberal order is largely a myth.

Graham Allison

Aboard the USS John S. McCain in the South China Sea, June 2014.

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