December 22, 2011
United StatesLast week the United States formally ended the war in Iraq. The war began with great patriotic fervor. It ended with two in three Americans saying that it had not been “worth the loss of American liv…
November 26, 2019
Election 2020Each week between now and the Iowa caucuses, I’m talking with two experts with differing views on how the United States should handle a foreign policy challenge it faces. These special episodes are p…
August 20, 2019
Energy and Climate PolicyThis guest post is co-authored by Joshua Busby, associate professor of public affairs at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the LBJ School at the University of Texas a…
August 19, 2019
Military OperationsThe U.S. Navy’s dominance of the world’s oceans has made it an indispensable foreign policy tool as well as a guarantor of global trade, but a mix of challenges is raising difficult questions about i…
August 14, 2019
Conflict PreventionMajor powers need to provide less support for proxy forces and place more emphasis on conflict resolution.
August 12, 2019
Election 2020Height is an advantage in presidential politics. Throughout American history, the taller of the two major party candidates has won the popular vote two-thirds of the time. That’s good news for Bill d…
August 7, 2019
Climate ChangePacific island nations under threat from rising sea levels can translate geopolitical competition in the region into climate action.
July 18, 2019
DevelopmentA vast gulf remains between development financing and development goals. International competition could help bridge that gap, but has produced mixed results to date.
June 18, 2019
IranThe narrow and congested Mideast waterway has become a site of escalating U.S.-Iran tensions. Conflict in the wake of tanker attacks there could jolt global oil supplies.
June 3, 2019
MexicoMexico can’t end the migrant flow by itself. But it can—and likely will—raise tariffs that target swing states.