February 11, 2019
Election 2020Government prosecutors often have political ambitions. The list of prosecutors who became mayor (think Rudy Guiliani) or governor (think Chris Christie) is long. But the last president to have any ex…
December 6, 2019
Election 2020Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy.
November 22, 2019
Election 2020Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy. This week: the Democratic debate, Israeli settlements, China's human rights abuses, and Bolivia.
November 8, 2019
Election 2020Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy.
October 25, 2019
Election 2020Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy.
October 11, 2019
Election 2020Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy on the campaign trail.
September 18, 2019
United StatesThe United States Air Force (USAF) turns 72 years-old today. On September 18, 1947, Chief Justice Fred Vinson swore in Stuart Symington as the first secretary of the air force, officially founding a …
April 21, 2016
What is “geoeconomics” and how did it fall out of favor among U.S. officials and policymakers? How do countries like China and India use geoeconomic tools to pursue foreign policy interests? How coul…
August 19, 2019
Election 2020Fact can be more interesting than fiction. In 2000, a high school senior won the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library’s annual Profiles in Courage essay contest by extolling the virtues of the countr…
August 15, 2019
Election 2020As politicians, Ronald Reagan and Elizabeth Warren are opposites. He wanted to unleash the power of the market; she wants to curtail its abuses. But for all of their policy differences, the two share…
