America’s Oldest Ally: Having the Croissant and Eating it Too
It has long been national interest, rather than high-minded idealism, that has driven French foreign policy—including its reliance on American military might. Read More Here
Tag: Foreign Policy
Mind The Middle Powers
Today, the ambitions and risk-taking of a jostling, often increasingly assertive crowd of middle powers seeking a larger voice in world politics is causing widespread turbulence in the global system as well as new challenges for U.S. statecraft. Read More Here
Biden’s State Department Needs A Reset
The administration’s diplomacy has underperformed—except at time-wasting talk about democracy. Read More Here
Saudi Arabia’s Rapprochement With Iran Was A Long Time Coming
Washington’s efforts to “pivot to Asia” have finally come back to bite it in the Middle East. Read More Here
The Worrisome Erosion of the One China Policy
Washington and Beijing to explicitly agree on a set of reciprocal, credible reassurance measures that will breathe life back into their original understanding regarding Taiwan. Read More Here
Innovation Power
Why technology will define the future of geopolitics…Read More Here
Biden’s Military-First Posture in the East Is a Problem
A singular focus on countering the threat of Chinese aggression made America neglect economic ties in the Indo-Pacific. Read More Here
U.S.-Russian Relations Can Still Get Worse
Over the past year, Russia has torn down the last vestiges of cooperation with the West, most ominously with regard to nuclear arms control and nonproliferation. Read More Here
China’s Surveillance Balloon Is Not a Test of Will
The response to the vessel in U.S. airspace shows how the next Cold War could be as overreactive as the first. Read More Here
Can China Pull Off Its Charm Offensive?
Why Beijing’s foreign-policy reset will—or won’t—work out. Read More Here
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