Each 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…

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy on the campaign trail.

The U.S. Marine Corps turns 244 years-old today. On November 10, 1775, the Continental Congress adopted a resolution to create a Marine force composed of two battalions. Since then, the Marines have …

Each Friday, I look at what the presidential challengers are saying about foreign policy on the campaign trail.

Each Friday from now until Election Day, I will be looking at what the presidential candidates are saying about foreign policy on the campaign trail. 

Today marks the 223rd anniversary of George Washington’s Farewell Address. It is sometimes mistakenly referred to a speech, but it was actually a six-thousand-word letter to the American people. It f…

If an online deal is too good to be true, it's probably a scam.

Every year CFR.org editor Bob McMahon and I record a summer reading episode of CFR’s “The World Next Week” podcast. We usually do it in June as we entertain visions of leisurely summer days yet to co…

Major powers need to provide less support for proxy forces and place more emphasis on conflict resolution.

Policymakers should be careful not to focus to excess on the possibility of kinetic warfare in space.