How We Got the Iran Deal
The 2015 Iran nuclear deal stands as a model for combining the threat of sanctions and continued isolation with the hard work of negotiating, even between countries whose relationships are shaped by...
View ArticleWhat the United States Got Wrong in South Sudan
Washington should seize the opportunity provided by the recent peace deal to learn from its past policy mistakes in South Sudan.
View ArticleThe Secret Sharers
In three short responses, Peter Feaver, Allison Stanger, and Michael Walzer discuss the legitimacy of whistle-blowing in the Trump administration, debating whether the cascade of leaks from the White...
View ArticleObama’s Libya Debacle
The 2011 U.S.-led NATO intervention in Libya against the dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi was a complete failure. Libya has not only failed to evolve into a democracy after the Arab Spring; it has devolved...
View ArticleThe Longest Wars
Richard Holbrooke helped normalize U.S. relations with China; served as U.S. ambassador to a newly reunified Germany and then to the United Nations; and, most famously, negotiated the 1995 Dayton peace...
View ArticleLet 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 trying to persuade Moscow to...
View ArticleThe 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.
View ArticleThe Overmilitarization of American Foreign Policy
The United States has relied too much on its military in recent decades, neglecting its subtler instruments of power.
View ArticleHow Hegemony Ends
U.S. global leadership is not simply in retreat; it is unraveling. And the decline is not cyclical but permanent.
View ArticleWhen the CIA Interferes in Foreign Elections
A behind-the-scenes look at how the United States' Cold-War Strategy of election meddling has evolved in the twenty-first century.
View ArticleA National Security Reckoning
To lead the post-pandemic world, the United States must broaden its approach to national security and renew the foundations of its power.
View ArticleHow to Bring American Diplomacy Back From the Brink
A new administration must build a bigger, better State Department.
View ArticleIran Wants the Nuclear Deal It Made
Iran's foreign minister warns Washington not to make new demands.
View ArticleThe Limits of Cyberoffense
Why America struggles to fight back against nonstate cybercriminals
View ArticleAfghanistan’s Corruption Was Made in America
How self-dealing elites failed in both countries.
View ArticleThe Vanishing Nuclear Taboo?
As geopolitical tensions rise and nuclear arsenals are expanded and modernized, decades of arms control agreements, security cooperation, and a growing consensus about the unacceptability of nuclear...
View ArticleBin Laden’s Catastrophic Success
A close reading of Osama bin Laden's correspondence offers a portrait of the U.S. “war on terror” as it was seen through the eyes of its chief target.
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