2,694 Results for:
Filters

September 11, 2014

Iraq
Confronting ISIS Requires a Bigger Plan

The Obama administration’s plan for expanding its military campaign against ISIS, however worthy, raises questions about how the militants can be defeated on the ground, says CFR’s President Richard …

Interview by Richard Haass and Bernard Gwertzman

August 16, 2017

Radicalization and Extremism
What Is the Far Right’s Threat to National Security?

Armed protests in Charlottesville highlight how the U.S. government has long devoted insufficient resources toward countering domestic far-right movements.

A militia member rallies in Charlottesville.
Interview by Zachary Laub and Cas Mudde

March 29, 2017

United States
Hard Power’s Essential Soft Side

President Trump’s proposal to build up the military while slashing funds for diplomacy and foreign assistance misses how “soft power” can advance the national interest, says Joseph S. Nye, who coined…

Interview by Zachary Laub and Joseph S. Nye Jr.

February 9, 2007

Emerging Markets
Bhagwati: U.S. Must Rethink Doha Demands

CFR’s Jagdish Bhagwati says U.S. must alter its approach to developing nations.

Interview by Jagdish N. Bhagwati and Lee Hudson Teslik

June 22, 2018

Yemen
How the UAE Wields Power in Yemen

The Gulf nation’s ground troops have cultivated alliances in Yemen with local armed groups, but its ability to shape the civil war’s outcome is limited.

An Emirati soldier escorts Yemen's prime minister in the port city of Mukha.
Interview by Zachary Laub and Neil Partrick