Henry Kissinger

Iran Nuclear Program Talks

A ‘Reverse Kissinger’ would be a fool’s errand

Vladimir Putin’s interests align with those of Xi Jinping

When did the US lose Afghanistan?

August 15, 2021, was the day Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, and the US lost the war. Or was it?  After following the war for over two decades, it’s become clear that Afghanistan wasn’t lost in...

The Despotic Duo

Russo-Iranian Cooperation and Threats to U.S. Interests

The Urgent Need for UN Reform

The UN’s response to October 7 makes reform more urgent than ever. UN reform used to be a bipartisan priority — it must now be again.

Strategic cooperation between Israel and the United States, on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War. 

The Israeli government is pursuing a defense alliance with the US that will do more harm than good.

Good Luck With That Grand Strategy

Even the most comprehensive plans are bound to fail if leaders can’t build support for them.

Henry Kissinger’s Long History of Appeasing Dictatorships

He’s spent decades cultivating a friendship with Putin, but he’s also advocated for Iran and China.

Ukraine: Peace Through Victory

Russia’s modern day foreign ministry seems to follow the old Soviet negotiating precept: What is mine is mine, what is yours is up for negotiation.

The Challenge of Containing a Nuclear Iran

Barring a great surprise, the Islamic Republic will get its nuke. How will the U.S. respond?

Biden’s China Policy Could Benefit From Reflecting on Nixon’s Historic Beijing Visit

Nixon’s trip to China 50 years ago is known as “the week that changed the world.” If Biden wants to improve his political fortunes he would do well to learn from it.

All Over the Map

The Chinese Communist Party’s Subnational Interests in the United States

Making sense of German electorate’s shift to the Left

Israel should not be under any delusion that the Social Democratic Party has its back. If anything, the slide to the Left, as it is being called in Germany, has serious implications for the Jewish state.

The Middle East should be afraid of Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi

Iran’s newly elected president, Ebrahim Raisi, is known for his brutal and fanatical devotion to the Islamic Republic, a history that it would serve Middle Eastern nations well to remember in future...

Darkness falls on Lebanon

Hezbollah and its masters in Tehran are primarily to blame

In U.S. backyard: How China embedded itself in Canada

Since the 1970s, there have been important political and economic pro-China vectors emanating out of Montreal and Ottawa. Since then, that have broadened to influential pro-Beijing groups across Canada. Canada...

Reading foreign policy tea leaves

Actually, we can’t predict what presidential advisors will advise

Was Nixon Wrong About China?

It might be time to question the conventional wisdom.

Iran’s rulers (still) seek nuclear weapons

Yet more evidence that those who despise us can’t be bought off

Countering China Is for the BIRDs

In 1950, as Cold War tensions were on the rise, President Harry Truman asked allies to stand and be counted. Israel reflexively stepped up and backed the president who bravely supported the creation of...