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November 21, 2024 | |

Outbound Biden Administration Backs Israel in U.S. Senate and UN Security Council

Senate Defeats Sanders as Arms Embargo Vote Fails: The U.S. Senate voted on November 20 to reject legislation proposed by Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and several other progressive senators...

September 19, 2024 | Peter Doran, Ivana Stradner

Viktor Orbán vs. America First

Trump may like the Hungarian leader’s praise, but he’s working to undermine the U.S. on the world stage.

August 22, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

The problem with Republican isolationism

Abandoning Ukraine is no way to make America great again

August 4, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur, Samuel Hodgson

Profit of Hate: How Domestic Extremists Are Embracing Cryptocurrency

Enticed by the relative anonymity of cryptocurrency and the need to circumvent a denial of service, domestic extremists have been able to raise millions.

February 23, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur

Cryptocurrency Is a Cash Cow for Far-Right Extremists

As the Freedom Convoy protests enter their fourth week, the Canadian government is targeting protestors’ ability to fundraise, including via cryptocurrency. It’s time for Washington to do the same for domestic extremists.

November 4, 2021 | Eric S. Edelman, Franklin Miller

President Biden, don’t help our adversaries break NATO

Declaring “America is back,” President Biden has pledged to restore alliance ties badly battered by his predecessor. Nevertheless, his botched withdrawal from Afghanistan caused dismay in NATO capitals,...

October 6, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The news from UNGA

Everything you didn’t want to know

September 30, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

What is America’s role in the world?

Excerpt OBITUARY: The U.S.-Led World Order died in Afghanistan on Aug. 30, 2021, three days shy of its 76th birthday. Cause of death was internal bleeding from self-inflicted wounds. The Order was born...

March 2, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz

Look Who’s Embracing ‘America First’ Now

Countless news outlets have portrayed the nascent Biden administration’s foreign policy as rapidly pivoting away from President Donald Trump‘s much-maligned “America First” approach...

January 27, 2021 | Dennis Ross, Juan C. Zarate

Are there pieces of Trump’s foreign policy worth keeping?

The shock of the Jan. 6 mob assault on the Congress and the stain on the image of American democracy will not wear off anytime soon. This moment has amplified the impulse to reject the vestiges of Trump...

January 26, 2021 | John Hannah, David Adesnik

Why “Anything But Trump” Should Not Be Biden’s Foreign Policy Mantra

Trump made many errors, but there are some policies that are worth building upon.

September 23, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Xi vs. Trump at the United Nations

Read between the lines to see how Xi wants to use international institutions to protect China’s tyranny.

May 13, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Sowing a new global garden

A U.S.-led “economic prosperity network” could be a good start

April 17, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

State Department Report Highlights World’s Deadliest Weapons

Potential nuclear tests in China, a whole list of problems with Russia, and let's not forget North Korea and Iran.

February 4, 2020 | Mikhael Smits  |

Trump administration puts freedom first

The Trump administration has declared 2020 the year of “Freedom First,” though you would be forgiven for having missed it. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement at an event on human...

November 15, 2019 | David Maxwell |

U.S.-ROK Relations

An Ironclad Alliance or a Transactional House of Cards?

March 19, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn, Bill Roggio

Why the Taliban should be required to renounce al Qaeda in any deal with US

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October 10, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy

A realistic—but challenging—plan for an age of conflict

May 7, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

The Nuclear Deal Keeps America From Confronting Iranian Aggression

In his latest entry in our Atlantic ...

January 30, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

Trump doesn’t know it, but Iranians are the Norwegians he’s been looking for

The White House wants to keep Iranians out of the United States. Special circumstances will allow entrance to a lucky few, but standard non-immigrant and immigrant admiss...