Realism and Restraint
In a recent interview, President Joe Biden said China should expect a period of “extreme competition” with the United States. While this is early on in...
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In a recent interview, President Joe Biden said China should expect a period of “extreme competition” with the United States. While this is early on in...
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced yesterday that President Joe Biden will “recalibrate” diplomacy with Saudi Arabia. In effect, this means the White...
Nearly a month into his presidency, President Joe Biden has yet to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. No U.S. president since Jimmy Carter...
Use mercy well. Cruelty too. That’s the advice Renaissance Florentine statesman-philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli would tender as the Pentagon sets out to purge “extremism”—shorthand for...
Author’s Note: Below is a snippet of my latest analysis for the good folks at the Quincy Insitute and their in-house publication Responsible Statecraft....
With Iran resuming its enrichment of uranium, we asked Pres. Biden if the U.S. will lift sanctions first in order to get Iran back...
On January 29, the Biden administration appointed Rob Malley, a former senior Middle East policy official in the Obama administration, to serve as President...
It is a common assumption underlying debate about Iran policy: Iranian politics are a struggle between hardliners and reformers, and U.S. and European actions...
For roughly 30 years, the United States has maintained a policy that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) ― known in most circles...
Last week’s missive forecast rough continuity in U.S. foreign policy following this month’s changeover of presidencies. After reading it a correspondent wants to know...