Ignatius recognizes outbreak of diplomacy in the Mideast — but underplays why
Our partners in the region sense the United States is leaving and they need to take care of business themselves. It’s not rocket science.
Our partners in the region sense the United States is leaving and they need to take care of business themselves. It’s not rocket science.
Doesn’t Biden’s team understand that if foreign governments are attacked in this way, they are bound to retaliate?
Middle East scholar addresses questions surrounding U.S. withdrawal and the interests of neighbors in the process.
Sadly, the name of the game seems to be nostalgia, not critical reflection, in today’s foreign policy discussions.
A recent Quincy Institute event explored how the US can work toward greater regional stability while engaging allies on shared interests.
If Biden wants to confront the competition, he must address the huge gap between the military and state department budgets.
But they’re wrong and after decades of failed sanctions to bring the regime to heel, it’s time for ‘maximum diplomacy.’
A simple goodwill gesture would likely get the ball rolling.
Withdrawing diplomats in response to bad behavior is self-defeating, particularly for the United States.
There will be plenty of space to maneuver after the Trump administration’s brash unilateralism.
Despite his weekend claims, he was the most partisan, anti-diplomatic secretary of state in recent memory.
The region’s actors have their own agendas that will not conform to those of the new Biden Administration.
US Iran envoy Elliott Abrams recently praised successes on getting Americans released, but the reality is that Trump officials only complicated the process.
Reversing Donald Trump’s reversal of President Obama’s path to normalization with Cuba could serve as an easy example of America’s reengagement with the world.
A recent poll found that 80 percent of Americans think the U.S. should help countries around the world with weak healthcare systems fight COVID-19.
The U.S.’s military-first approach to counterterrorism in Africa has failed.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent comment about Canadians watching what’s happening in the US with “horror and consternation” should be a big wake up call.
Hong Kong is slipping further into Beijing’s grasp and the U.S.’s options to help prevent that are limited.
The U.S. should fully withdraw its forces from Syria and use its remaining leverage to facilitate diplomacy between Syria’s neighbors that are heavily enmeshed in the civil war.
As bad as withdrawing from Open Skies is, this moment could yet prove to be an opportunity to confront more directly the misguided ideology of ‘America First.’
In the best of times, dissenting against policies or practices in a federal agency is an uphill battle. In the emerging reality, dissenters will see only defeat and danger ahead.