July 31, 2020
Congress needs to question the intelligence agencies in public
The American people need to know, for example, the threat that Russian interference in the 2020 election poses.
August 2, 2020
The pandemic reveals a Europe more united than the United States
A world led by a unified Europe would be a significantly better place than one mismanaged by a fragmented United States.
August 2, 2020
How to do trilateral arms control and keep China out of talks to extend New START
The Trump administration trying to bring China into talks to extend an arms control treaty with Russia makes no sense.
August 1, 2020
What one late GOP senator from Oregon would have thought about Trump sending federal troops to Portland
Only one Republican senator has criticized Trump for sending federal agents to American cities.
July 31, 2020
Trump’s reasoning is bad, but withdrawing troops from Germany is a good idea
Trump’s petty, ego-driven policy decisions sometimes land in the right place.
July 31, 2020
The Quincy Institute’s Middle East report and the hopes of a new Iran nuclear deal
Rejoining the JCPOA won’t be easy particularly as hardliners are gaining influence inside Iran.
July 31, 2020
The State Department was broken before Donald Trump
Addressing only the offenses of the Trump administration will not help us build back a better foreign policy than we had before.
July 31, 2020
We already fought a cold war with Beijing and it went very badly
With the Trump administration and hawks in Washington clamoring for confrontation with China, it’s probably worth revisiting how that worked out for the US in the past.
July 30, 2020
Why we will win the fight to cut the Pentagon budget
Congress recently defeated a measure to cut the Pentagon budget, but the movement pushing to reduce defense spending is growing.
July 30, 2020
Annexation and the US — making and unmaking states in the Middle East
Washington’s abandonment of the central pillar of the post-war order — respect for the sovereign integrity of Arab states — has reaped the whirlwind.