Dennis Ross in The Washington Post: “There’s no reason Congress and Trump can’t achieve their goals for Saudi Arabia”
Policies — not just politics — are deeply polarized today. Every choice becomes binary with no middle ground. In response to the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, either we should punish Saudi Arabia and try to force Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman out of power, or our interests are so great …
Read MoreEly Ratner in Foreign Affairs: “There Is No Grand Bargain With China”
In true showmanship fashion, U.S. President Donald Trump is keeping the world in suspense about whether he will soon double down on the United States’ trade war with China or call a truce. The big reveal will come after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the margins of …
Read MoreLisa Monaco in The Washington Post: “We’ve declared war on foreign terrorism. Why not do the same for domestic threats?”
In the span of a week, our nation experienced a torrent of hate-fueled attacks: the slaying of two African Americans in a Kentucky supermarket , the mail-bomb assassination attempts and the mass slaying in a Pittsburgh synagogue . These attacks tragically demonstrate that domestic terrorism is on the rise as …
Read MoreMeghan O’Sullivan in Bloomberg: “Some Context for Canadians Who Love or Hate the New Nafta”
Americans are not the only ones still unpacking the new USMCA trade deal that is due to replace Nafta. Two issues have received a great deal of attention in Canada — one which is misunderstood as a great concession by Canada and the other wrongly celebrated as an unequivocal victory. …
Read MoreDennis Ross in The Hill: “US must impose a price on Saudis, but one with a clear purpose”
The Hill | October 30, 2018 The murder of Jamal Khashoggi has dominated international attention for weeks. Sadly, his death may have more impact on Saudi Arabia and its future than did his articles for the Washington Post. In the best case, where his killing was not ordered but was …
Read MoreBridge Colby in Foreign Affairs: “If You Want Peace, Prepare for Nuclear War”
Foreign Affairs | November/December 2018 In a little under three decades, nuclear weapons have gone from center stage to a sideshow in U.S. defense strategy. Since the 1990s, the United States has drastically reduced its stockpile and concentrated on its conventional and irregular warfare capabilities. Nuclear weapons policy has focused …
Read MoreJulianne Smith in the New York Times: “Angela Merkel Could Save Europe. Why Won’t She?”
October 12, 2018 | Opinion BERLIN — Campaigning in the spring of 2017, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany declared at a packed beer hall in Bavaria that it was time for Europe to “take its destiny into its own hands.” In the face of Britain’s vote to leave the European …
Read MoreDennis Ross in The Washington Post: “Saudi Arabia’s ruler should understand that the ends don’t justify the means”
October 11, 2018 | Opinion President Trump may not believe in a rules-based international order, but we may now be seeing the consequences of the absence of global norms. The Russians have no qualms about poisoning a former agent in Britain. Lately the Chinese have felt free to disappear or …
Read MoreLisa Monaco in Foreign Policy: “The Next Pandemic Will Be Arriving Shortly”
September 28, 2018 | By Lisa Monaco, Vin Gupta There are plenty of security threats that could keep a former homeland security advisor awake. There is the possibility of a terrorist attack, a cyber-cataclysm, or any number of natural disasters—all threats that are capable of visiting destruction on entire communities …
Read MoreDan Shapiro in The New York Post: “How to make Russia back off in the Middle East”
September 25, 2018 | Opinion For the first time in decades, Israel finds itself on the receiving end of Russian threats. The tensions follow the downing last week of a Russian Ilyushin IL-20 military aircraft, and the deaths of its 15 crew members, by Syrian air-defense batteries responding to Israeli …
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