James H. Lebovic

James H. Lebovic March 28, 2025

Why Trump’s Ukraine deal seems like deja vu diplomacy

What can diplomatic history tell us about Trump’s dealmaking?

James H. Lebovic January 31, 2019

The point of the Afghanistan ‘peace deal’ is simple: The U.S. wants to get out

James H. Lebovic May 21, 2018

Will toughness on Iran help Trump with North Korea? Here are three reasons to doubt it.

James H. Lebovic March 14, 2018

For Trump, the art of the deal isn’t the art of diplomacy

James H. Lebovic and Elizabeth N. Saunders March 23, 2016

Obama’s symbolic visit to Cuba is the exception. What’s the real history of presidents and international travel?

We remember Nixon in China and Kennedy in Berlin, but most presidential visits these days are far more ordinary.