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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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U.S. Foreign Policy Dec 3, 2019 Snapshot

Trump Didn’t Shrink U.S. Military Commitments Abroad—He Expanded Them

President Donald Trump hasn’t meaningfully altered the U.S. global military footprint he inherited from his predecessor but rather loaded even greater military...

Paul K. MacDonald and Joseph M. Parent

Strategy & Conflict Dec 6, 2019 Essay

The New China Scare

Engagement with a rising China has been far more successful than generally recognized, and it continues to be the best path forward in an age of great-power...

Fareed Zakaria

Visitors in front of a picture of Xi at the Beijing Exhibition Center, September 2019

Law & Institutions Nov 25, 2019 Snapshot

Foreign Policy Has Always Been at the Heart of Impeachment

Foreign affairs have been at the heart of impeachment, from the origins of the practice in medieval England through its adoption by the United States.

Frank O. Bowman III

President Donald Trump in Burnsville, Minnesota, April 2019

Trump Administration Nov 13, 2019 Snapshot

Why Trump’s Shapeshifting Syria Policy Worked—Until It Didn’t

The Trump administration’s Syria policy resembled a Rorschach inkblot—an ambiguous shape to which observers could ascribe their own preferred meaning. But in October,...

Frances Z. Brown

A convoy of U.S. vehicles in Iraq after withdrawing from northern Syria, October 2019

Trump Administration Nov 8, 2019 Snapshot

Ukraine Needs More Than Lethal Aid From the United States

What Ukraine's president needs is not symbolic lethal aid, but thoughtful support for his dogged efforts to reach a peace agreement.

Sophie Pinkham

Trump Administration Nov 5, 2019 Snapshot

Iran Is Doing Just Fine

Neither Iran's regime nor its regional activities have suffered a death blow from the return of U.S. sanctions.

Henry Rome

Khameini supporters protest outside the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 2019

Trump Administration Oct 28, 2019 Snapshot

The United States Should Fear a Faltering China

Beijing’s newfound assertiveness is a sign of desperation, not ambition.

Michael Beckley

Xi Jinping during the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in Beijing, October 2019

Politics & Society Oct 24, 2019 Snapshot

How Iran Found Its Feet in Afghanistan

Despite its deep historical and cultural ties to its eastern neighbor, Iran has struggled for decades to assert its interests in Afghanistan. Its newfound willingness...

Mahan Abedin

Iranian revolutionary guards during war games on the border with Afghanistan, September 1998

Trump Administration Oct 23, 2019 Snapshot

Trump’s Gift to Putin

Trump has personalized and deinstitutionalized foreign policy to the detriment of the national interest.

Michael McFaul

Trump at a campaign rally in Dallas, October 2019

Terrorism & Counterterrorism Oct 23, 2019 Snapshot

The Coming ISIS Jailbreak

The Strategy That Enabled the Caliphate’s Rise Just Became Viable Again

Aki Peritz

U.S. Foreign Policy Oct 18, 2019 Snapshot

Iran, the Unitary State

When it comes to dealing with the United States and setting foreign policy, Iran's internal factions put aside their differences and form a united front.

Afshon Ostovar and Ariane M. Tabatabai

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meeting with military commanders in Tehran, Iran in February 2017

Diplomacy Oct 14, 2019 Snapshot

The Demolition of U.S. Diplomacy

Not Since Joe McCarthy Has the State Department Suffered Such a Devastating Blow

William J. Burns

Trump Administration Oct 9, 2019 Snapshot

Turkey’s Endgame in Syria

Turkey’s strategy is more than an exercise in geopolitics—for Erdogan, it touches on his very political survival.

Gonul Tol

A Turkish military convoy near the Turkish-Syrian border, October 2019

Trump Administration Oct 9, 2019 Snapshot

The Not So Special Relationship

When it needs a strong, reliable relationship with the United States more than ever, the United Kingdom looks across the pond with doubt and uncertainty. Even those...

Steve Bloomfield

U.S. President Donald Trump and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May in London in June 2019

Trump Administration Oct 3, 2019 Snapshot

The Usurpation of U.S. Foreign Policy

Much has been made of Trump’s abuses of presidential power, but the call was also an abuse of American power.

Mira Rapp-Hooper

Trump at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, September 2019

U.S. Foreign Policy November/December 2019 Comment

Disaster in the Desert

Almost three years into his term, Trump has nothing to show for his efforts to counter Iran or promote peace in the Middle East.

Martin Indyk

Melania Trump, Donald Trump, and King Salman in Riyadh, May 2017

U.S. Foreign Policy November/December 2019 Essay

Let Russia Be Russia

A new Russia strategy must dispense with the magical thinking of previous administrations and seek incremental gains that advance long-term U.S. interests. Rather than...

Thomas Graham

Economics November/December 2019 Essay

The Unwinnable Trade War

Washington is not winning the trade war with Beijing. Although China’s economic growth has slowed, the tariffs have hit U.S. consumers harder than their Chinese...

Weijian Shan

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Security Oct 3, 2019 Essay

How Japan Could Go Nuclear

Can Japan resist the temptation to pursue nuclear weapons in an increasingly volatile region? It's up to Washington to help Tokyo feel safe.

Mark Fitzpatrick

Trump Administration Sep 30, 2019 Snapshot

The Long Game in Iraq

Iran knows how to play the long game in Iraq. To be successful, the United States must learn to play it, too.

Robert S. Ford and Randa Slim

Shiite militiamen south of Baghdad, July 2014

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Trump Didn’t Shrink U.S. Military Commitments Abroad—He Expanded Them

The New China Scare

Foreign Policy Has Always Been at the Heart of Impeachment

Why Trump’s Shapeshifting Syria Policy Worked—Until It Didn’t

Ukraine Needs More Than Lethal Aid From the United States

Iran Is Doing Just Fine

The United States Should Fear a Faltering China

How Iran Found Its Feet in Afghanistan

Trump’s Gift to Putin

The Coming ISIS Jailbreak

Iran, the Unitary State

The Demolition of U.S. Diplomacy

Turkey’s Endgame in Syria

The Not So Special Relationship

The Usurpation of U.S. Foreign Policy

Disaster in the Desert

Let Russia Be Russia

The Unwinnable Trade War

How Japan Could Go Nuclear

The Long Game in Iraq

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