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December 2, 2018

United States
What George H.W. Bush's Life Can Teach America About Overcoming the Challenges It Faces Today

Let us mourn the passing of the forty-first president, but also learn from his remarkable life.

Bush 41 in the Oval Office
Article by Richard Haass

March 15, 2019

North Korea
Picking Up the Pieces After Hanoi

It is time to put denuclearization on the back burner and adopt realistic approaches toward North Korea. An all-or-nothing approach will yield nothing, leaving the United States worse off than before…

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the presidential palace in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Article by Richard Haass

November 15, 2021

Human Rights
Democracy Promotion and the Monarchies

Should the United States be promoting democracy and human rights in friendly monarchies? Yes — human rights improvements, not regime change, should be the goal, working especially in areas where prog…

Article by Elliott Abrams Middle East Program

May 29, 2018

North Korea
Trump and North Korea: Total Denuclearization Must Remain the Goal

While the collapse of the Donald Trump-Kim Jung Un summit should cause the president to reconsider how to prepare for head of state summits, it should not alter the Trump administration’s strategic o…

The alternative to complete denuclearization is not simply war, if the goal fails. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Article by Lori Esposito Murray National Security and Defense Program

September 24, 2019

Saudi Arabia
This Is the Moment That Decides the Future of the Middle East

If the United States is done fighting for Saudi Arabia’s oil, it's done fighting for the entire region.

U.S. President Donald Trump dances with a sword as he arrives to a welcome ceremony at Al Murabba Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia May 20, 2017.
Article by Steven A. Cook Middle East Program