The Transactional Trap
How foreign policy dealmaking can sow violence. Read More Here
Category: Foreign Policy
What Is Trump’s “New Realism” in Foreign Policy?
Trump’s new foreign policy leans toward recognizing spheres of influence, departing from past interventionism and potentially avoiding future great power conflicts, especially with China, if handled with restraint and clarity. Read More Here
Campaign over, Trump must make real-world foreign policy choices
The breadth and depth of America’s global security and business interests discourage reversion to 1930s-style isolationism. Read More Here
Operationalizing A Doctrine For U.S. Economic Statecraft
Since at least 2011, senior government officials have used the concept of economic statecraft to explain the tools of U.S. economic power for foreign policy and national security purposes. These include economic sanctions, inbound and outbound investment review, export controls, economic diplomacy, and direct and indirect financial assistance. Read More Here
What Is the Global South?
In the absence of an alternative shorthand, politicians and journalists most likely will continue to use “Global South” for the foreseeable future. Yet anyone interested in a more accurate description of the world should be wary of such a misleading and increasingly loaded term. Read More Here
The Real Washington Consensus
Modernization theory and the delusions of American strategy. Read More Here
Why Smart Leaders Do Stupid Things
How States Think tries to undermine these claims and resurrect the older way of thinking. The authors argue that most international decisions are, in fact, rational. Read More here
The Scrambled Spectrum of U.S. Foreign-Policy Thinking
Presidents, officials, and candidates tend to fall into six camps that don’t follow party lines. Read More Here
The Case Against Containment
The Strategy Didn’t Win the Cold War—and It Won’t Defeat China. Read More Here
UAE’s BRICS move shows global role of middle powers
The intricate challenges confronting our world necessitate collaborative efforts that transcend individual superpowers. Read More Here
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