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President Trump on Capitol HIll, January 2018.

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Is Trump a Normal Foreign-Policy President?

Donald Trump’s surprise victory in 2016 has offered quite the test: What does it mean for the United States to elect a leader with no experience in government, little knowledge of foreign policy, and an explicit disdain for expertise?

Elizabeth N. Saunders

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Trump Administration Jan 20, 2019 Snapshot

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Trump Doesn’t Like Traveling. That’s Bad for Diplomacy.

By avoiding foreign countries, Trump hurts American diplomacy—and misunderstands how international dealmaking really works.

James H. Lebovic and Elizabeth N. Saunders

Trump boards Air Force One at Beale Air Force Base, California, November 2018.

Trump Administration Jan 20, 2019 List

Trump’s Second Year

We look back on the major foreign policy developments of the past year and what to read to understand them.

U.S. Foreign Policy Jan 18, 2019 Snapshot

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Trump’s Foreign Policy Is No Longer Unpredictable

At the two-year mark, it is now clear that the president is dominating the struggle against the national security establishement to determine the administraion’s...

Thomas Wright

U.S. President Donald Trump, acting U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton hold a news conference after participating in the NATO Summit in Brussels, Belgium, July 2018.

U.S. Foreign Policy Jan 16, 2019 Snapshot

How the U.S. Can Step Up in the South China Sea

In devising how best to lead the effort to counter China in the South China Sea, Washington could take a page from its own playbook in the East China Sea.

Gregory Poling and Bonnie S. Glaser

The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JS Hyuga sail in formation with 16 other ships during Keen Sword in the Philippine Sea, November 2018.

Trump Administration Jan 16, 2019 Snapshot

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What Syria Stands to Lose

U.S. policy in northeast Syria is working: a modest investment of U.S. tax dollars has allowed a fragile stability to hold in a place that once served as a hotbed of...

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

U.S. Foreign Policy Jan 11, 2019 Snapshot

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The Year of Living Dangerously With Nuclear Weapons

The United States could find itself in not one but three nuclear crises in the next 12 months: one with North Korea, one with Russia, and one with Iran.

Nicholas L. Miller and Vipin Narang

A ballistic rocket launch drill of the Strategic Force of the Korean People's Army is seen at an unknown location, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang, March 2016.

Trump Administration Jan 9, 2019 Snapshot

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If Trump Wants to Get Out of Syria, He Should Strike a Deal With Russia

The best way to get out of Syria is to hand responsibility over to Russia.

Ilan Goldenberg and Nicholas A. Heras

U.S. troops patrol near Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria, November 4, 2018.

Trump Administration Dec 21, 2018 Snapshot

Trump’s Africa Policy Is Destined for Failure

The United States needs a more holistic strategy toward Africa.

Grant T. Harris

Chinese and Nigerien construction workers work on a building site in Niamey, Niger, February 2016.

War & Military Strategy Dec 17, 2018 Snapshot

Can Congress Stop the Forever War?

When the 116th Congress is sworn into office in a few weeks, it should not be shy about exerting its power to provide oversight on matters of national security.

Denis McDonough

U.S. troops in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 2017.

War & Military Strategy January/February 2019 Essay

The Eroding Balance of Terror

Since WWII, the United States has put deterrence at the core of its defense strategy. Yet technological and geopolitical changes are making deterrence more complicated...

Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.

Theory January/February 2019 Review Essay

More, Less, or Different?

Jake Sullivan reviews new books by Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer criticizing U.S. foreign policy.

Jake Sullivan

Refugees & Migration Dec 6, 2018 Snapshot

Trump’s Border Policy Is Creating Chaos

To the extent that they supply cartels with more money and labor, Donald Trump’s immigration policies strengthen organized crime south of the border.

Emily Gogolak

U.S. Army soldiers with the 889th Engineering Support Company, lay concertina wire along the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, November 2018.

Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Essay

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America’s Long Goodbye

The turbulence of the Trump administration is a symptom of a wider, and more permanent, shift: the passing of the generation of leaders formed by World War II and...

Eliot A. Cohen

U.S. Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Essay

Trump Versus the Government

Donald Trump's time in office has been defined by wrangling between the president and his subordinates, blunting some of Trump's bad instincts but causing...

Elliott Abrams

Trump and members of his cabinet meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the White House, May 2018.

U.S. Foreign Policy Dec 4, 2018 Snapshot

Can the U.S. Reinstate “Maximum Pressure” on North Korea?

If current trends continue, any attempt to reinstate maximum pressure may well prove ineffective. The hard collapse of diplomacy could dangerously narrow U.S. policy...

Eric Brewer

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attend a meeting in Singapore, June 2018.

U.S. Foreign Policy January/February 2019 Comment

The Fourth Founding

The United States can found a new world order after Trump.

Gideon Rose

The peacemakers: at the World War I peace conference in Paris, 1919.

Security Nov 28, 2018 Snapshot

The Taliban’s Battle Plan

The Taliban, emboldened after recent victories, expect the United States to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2020 and hope to wait out peace negotiation efforts until then...

Michael Semple

Trade Nov 27, 2018 Snapshot

There Is No Grand Bargain With China

Any agreement between Trump and Xi in Buenos Aires will have no long-lasting effect on the slide toward a high-stakes geopolitical competition between the United...

Ely Ratner

U.S. President Donald Trump takes part in a welcoming ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, November 2017.

Legislative Nov 20, 2018 List

Foreign Policy and the Next Congress

With Democrats taking control of the House of Representatives, President Donald Trump could face a real challenge on policy—including foreign policy—for the first time...

WMD & Proliferation Nov 19, 2018 Snapshot

The Right Way to Manage a Nuclear North Korea

Washington needs to accept that North Korea will remain a nuclear power for the foreseeable future and manage the situation accordingly.

Ankit Panda

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a long range rocket launch into the air in North Korea, February 2016.

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