Welcome to Trump’s Impeachment Foreign Policy
In my last column, I argued U.S.
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Saudi Arabia’s Energy Infrastructure Under Attack. What’s Next?
If a single armada of drones can make its way across the Saudi airspace undetected and successfully hit targets with surgical precision and maximum damage, then one must conclude the country's vulnera
American Diplomats Are Being Persecuted by Their Own President
Congress needs to repair the damage Trump has caused to the effectiveness and morale of the Foreign Service.
President Trump’s Missed Opportunity With Ukraine
The House of Representatives is moving inexorably toward impeaching President Trump for what he has said and done in his dealings with Ukraine.
The Realist Case for Impeachment
States live in a world of anarchy, where no agency or institution exists to protect them from one another.
Trump’s Shameless Path to the Nobel Peace Prize
The Trump administration’s so-called maximum pressure campaign against Iran is a failure. It has succeeded only in raising the risk of war in the region and painting the United States into a corner.
We Lost the War in Afghanistan. Get Over It.
Afghanistan has been back in the news lately, but most commentators are missing the big picture.
Asia Has Three Possible Futures
I spent the last week of August in South Korea, attending a conference on security studies sponsored by the Korea National Defense University and giving lectures at the Chey Institute for Advanced Stu
In Memoriam: Roland Timerbaev (1927-2019), At the Vanguard of Nuclear Nonproliferation,
Roland Timerbaev, who passed away in mid-August at the age of 91, was a true giant—both as an arms controller and as a human being. I doubt we will see his like again.
ISIS Is a Survivor
Back in February, U.S. President Donald Trump declared that the Islamic State was “100 percent” defeated and took full credit for the alleged victory.
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