Military force would hasten, not prevent, an Iranian nuclear weapon
Biden’s dithering on JCPOA re-entry has raised concerns about renewed prospects for war.
Biden’s dithering on JCPOA re-entry has raised concerns about renewed prospects for war.
Apart from overstating the Tehran threat, a new analysis exaggerates the success of US strategy in the demise of the Soviet Union.
There’s an attempt to harken back to the good ole days of the USSR rivalry in the context of competition with Beijing. That’s dangerous.
The two countries might have a common interest in moving away from the foreign policies that their respective leaders have advanced.
The Afghan War made a pivotal and particularly mournful contribution, definitively exposing as delusionary claims of U.S. military supremacy.
Beware of another year in which politics wins over strategy and the security budget is bloated in all the wrong places.
The Trump administration did the same thing and none of the hawks said a word.
Vietnam distracted LBJ from his ambitious domestic agenda. Iran could do the same for Biden.
How we order and prioritize institutionally can dictate how we think, so if Biden truly wants to think differently, let’s begin here.
Looks like the maximum pressure campaign is doing nothing but push America’s ‘enemies’ together.
A new book delves past the headlines of animosity to explore the roots of an improbable trajectory.
The defense giant and their friends in DC say they have to play by Beijing’s rules in order to compete militarily.
The US helped to unleash waves of displaced people with its post-9/11 wars. Time to find ways to fix, not ignore it.
The administration’s approach of “multilateral restoration” has many virtues compared to four years of MAGA. But it has considerable shortcomings as well.
Amid Washington chatter about the future of U.S.-Saudi relations, the kingdom has launched an unprecedented public diplomacy campaign.
Despite recent conciliatory rhetoric, the roots of their antagonism will be difficult to untangle.
If we don’t leave, that war will be used to justify a new authorization and no matter how narrow in scope, it will be abused.
Moscow’s ability to build relationships with US regional allies is raising flags with the Biden administration.
For 60 years party leaders have internalized hawkish assumptions and the fear of being called “weak” in the face of threats.
The recent murders in Atlanta have roots that date back centuries.
When Washington seemed to wave away North Korea’s weekend missile tests, Pyongyang predictably upped the ante.