Euro tour notes for Biden: ‘listen’ on China, don’t ‘tell’
The president is bringing good — and bad — ideas for drawing partners into his East Asia policy in his suitcase. Will the right ones prevail?
The president is bringing good — and bad — ideas for drawing partners into his East Asia policy in his suitcase. Will the right ones prevail?
As the G7 approaches, Biden and company should take note that European partners aren’t exactly marching lockstep behind them.
To avoid conflict, credible deterrence must be paired with reassurance that the US won’t push for Taipei’s independence.
After centuries of domination by foreigners, the Middle East is now being reshaped primarily by interactions between countries within it.
The Biden administration has yet to offer a clear path but its options are limited.
A recent QI panel featuring critics of the internationalist order on the right drew special fire, along with ad hominem attacks.
A focus on combatting Hezbollah is bound to backfire.
Offering no evidence, lawmakers are accusing Ariane Tabatabai of dual loyalty and demanding her security clearance be revoked.
Humanitarian groups also wonder why victims’ families have not been compensated.
Leading by example is far more effective than a heavy-handed response to Lukashenko’s abuses.
Politico is hyping a ‘threat’ that may or may not be happening, but even if it was, there’s no need to hit the panic button.
Seemingly strict lobbying rules haven’t stopped Biden from recruiting people who spent the Trump years cashing in on their government experience.
A flurry of recent diplomacy suggests efforts underway to mend the rivalries that have fueled Arab wars over the past decade.
The US is right to help root out graft worldwide, but it must also be aware of the unintended consequences.
And it’s a head-scratcher, since his campaign once called Trump’s withdrawal of the Cold War agreement ‘short-sighted.’
With a potential prime minister more right wing than Netanyahu, Biden may have an even harder time pressing Tel Aviv for change.
The president is going full speed ahead on beefing up the triad and expensive modernization — despite cries from his own party.
For better or worse we stood up armed groups that are now operating under varying degrees of local, state and Taliban control.
A new book tries, but largely fails, to bridge the gap between two camps of US grand strategy.
On this Memorial Day, let us reflect on the role ‘we the people’ played in our failed post-9/11 wars and the loss and damage of so many souls.
US security assistance to partner militaries for counterterrorism missions further destabilizes the region.