Defense Policy Sep 11, 2019 Snapshot Why National Security Advisor Is the Hardest Post for Trump to Fill In less than three years, Trump has had three wildly different national security advisers. All ultimately failed. Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler
GHW Bush Administration Dec 4, 2018 Snapshot The Foreign Policy Genius of George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush entered the presidency better prepared to lead the United States’ relations with the world than any U.S. president before or since. Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler
Homeland Security Jun 5, 2013 Snapshot Susan Rice's Playbook Rice faces a basic choice: prioritizing management of the foreign policy process, or pushing policy in her preferred direction. She will inevitably do some of both. If... I. M. Destler
Defense Policy Oct 13, 2010 Postscript Donilon to the Rescue? In addition to the formidable policy challenges ahead of him, the new national security adviser, Thomas Donilon, faces obstacles in shaping the policy process. I. M. Destler
Bureaucratic Apr 30, 2009 Postscript Jonestown The Obama administration has promised to revamp the National Security Council, but so far it has not delivered. I. M. Destler
U.S. Foreign Policy January/February 2009 Essay In the Shadow of the Oval Office One of the most important figures in Obama’s administration will be his national security adviser. An examination of past advisers shows how to get the job right—or... Ivo H. Daalder and I. M. Destler
U.S. Foreign Policy September/October 2005 Review Essay The Power Brokers In Running the World, David Rothkopf provides page after page of raw material on the history and workings of the National Security Council. Unfortunately, the... Reviewed by I. M. Destler