Restraint Isn鈥檛 Isolationism鈥攁nd It Won鈥檛 Endanger America
Americans have repeatedly expressed their frustration with the overly ambitious and mostly failed strategy of liberal hegemony that has been in place since the end of the Cold War.
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Improving the Accuracy of Geopolitical Risk Assessments
Whether man-made or naturally occurring, large-scale disasters can cause fatalities and injuries, devastate property and communities, savage the environment, impose significant financial burdens on in
Dear President Trump, Let鈥檚 Talk About Iran
Dear President Donald Trump: We鈥檝e never met, and given that you鈥檙e not much of a reader, I doubt you even know who I am.
How to Step Back from the Brink with Iran
As the Trump administration accuses Iran of attacking oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman, rising tensions create a real danger of stumbling into a catastrophic war neither side wants.
When Zombie Neoconservatives Attack
This might be disturbing news to some readers, but the New York Times columnist David Brooks is very unhappy with the American people. Why?
Inside the Five-Sided Box: Lessons from a Lifetime of Leadership in the Pentagon
The Pentagon is the headquarters of the single largest institution in America: the Department of Defense. The D.O.D. employs millions of Americans.
Nobody鈥檚 Asking for Trump to Be a Genius
When we teach, write, or think about foreign policy, there鈥檚 a tendency to focus our attention on extremes, either on prominent examples of extraordinary success or cases of abject failure.
The 75th Anniversary of D-Day and the Importance of Allies
America and WWII Allies triumphed on D-Day by working together. Trump is the first president in 75 years who doesn't see the value in reliable friends.
You Can鈥檛 Defeat Nationalism, So Stop Trying
Way back in 2011, I wrote a column for Foreign Policy on 鈥渢he most powerful force in the world.鈥 The powerful force I had in mind wasn鈥檛 nuclear deterrence, the Internet, God, Lady Gaga, or even the b
From Nuclear Weapons to Cyber Security: Breaking Boundaries
This book examines the role of technology in the core voices for International Relations theory and how this has shaped the contemporary thinking of 鈥業R鈥 across some of the discipline鈥檚 major texts.
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