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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 27, 2020 Snapshot

Trump’s Strikes Risk Upending Iraqi Politics

The U.S. drone strike that killed Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad has allowed Iraq's political elites to whip up anti-Americanism, to the detriment of anti-government...

Renad Mansour

Supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr attend an anti-American demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, January 2020.

Strategy & Conflict March/April 2020 Snapshot

The New Spheres of Influence

China and Russia have carved out their own spheres of influence; like it or not, the United States will need to adjust to this reality.

Graham Allison

Influencers: at the Yalta conference, 1945

Presidential Impeachment Jan 21, 2020 Snapshot

The Imperial Presidency Is Alive and Well

Don’t Mistake Impeachment for a Congressional Effort to Claw Back Power

Sarah Binder, James Goldgeier, and Elizabeth N. Saunders

Business Jan 17, 2020 Snapshot

The Looming Tax War

Since the early twentieth century, countries have largely agreed on how to tax income earned in cross-border business. But this long-standing regime is coming apart,...

Itai Grinberg

An Amazon fulfillment center in Saran, France, June 2011.

Trade Jan 13, 2020 Snapshot

A Delicate Truce in the U.S.-Chinese Trade War

The tentative agreement reached in December doesn’t mark a major breakthrough in the ongoing trade war between the United States and China, nor does it come anywhere...

Weijian Shan

President Donald Trump during a roundtable with small business leaders at the White House, December 2019.

Strategy & Conflict Jan 9, 2020 Snapshot

Trump’s Napoleon Moment

Napoléon Bonaparte’s decision to assassinate the Duc d’Enghien in 1804 can reveal the costs and consequences of Trump’s order to assassinate Soleimani.

Robert Zaretsky

Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., January 2020

Trump Administration Jan 10, 2020 Snapshot

The Dangerous Unraveling of the U.S.-Turkish Alliance

Allies for nearly seven decades, Turkey and the United States are now at loggerheads. Both the Trump administration and Congress can take important steps to prevent...

Philip H. Gordon and Amanda Sloat

resident Donald Trump and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey at the White House in Washington, DC, November 2019

U.S. Foreign Policy Jan 8, 2020 Snapshot

The New Anti-Americanism

Anti-Americanism has surged in much of the world since U.S. President Donald Trump took office—but not for the reasons one would expect.

Richard Wike

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 January/February 2020 Essay

The Age of Great-Power Competition

By far the most important foreign policy story of our time is the way Washington has refocused its attention on great-power competition.

Elbridge A. Colby and A. Wess Mitchell

Great again: a NATO war game in Lithuania, June 2017

Strategy & Conflict January/February 2020 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

Presidential Impeachment 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

The Best of 2019 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

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The Dangerous Unraveling of the U.S.-Turkish Alliance

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

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Ukraine Needs More Than Lethal Aid From the United States

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