Foreign Affairs
In this Issue:
Trump and the Allies
What's Inside
Gideon Rose
Disorder Under Heaven
Michael Auslin and Bilahari Kausikan
What America Owes Its Veterans
A Better System of Care and Support
Phillip Carter
Pay Up, Europe
What Trump Gets Right About NATO
Michael Mandelbaum
Today in History
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Afghanistan Independence Day
Afghans have designated this day to recognize the signing of the Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919, which freed Afghan foreign affairs from British control.
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U.S.-China Relations: A Game of Strategic Reassurance
The tension in the Korean peninsula is putting to test the future of U.S.-China relations. President Donald Trump has accused China of not taking a tougher stance on North Korea. To convince China to take a tougher stance, Henry Kissinger has proposed that the United States first agree with China “of what follows after the collapse of the North Korean regime.” A central part of the agreement would be for the United States to withdraw its forces along the Korean demilitarized zone (DMZ) at the 38th parallel after the regime’s collapse. As the logic goes, this would help to allay China’s fears of a U.S. military base next to its border.
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