How Michael Waltz might guide White House foreign policy Christopher Clary - January 14, 2025 What Waltz’s 2014 memoir tells us about Trump’s next national security advisor.
Friends, foes, and situationships in U.S. foreign policy Alexandra Guisinger, Katja Kleinberg, and Anna Rowland - November 20, 2024 How scholars and the U.S. public characterize China, the European Union, and India today.
Good to Know: U.S. war powers Andrew Rudalevige - February 22, 2024 Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?
Biden may be getting rid of the Authorizations for the Use of Military Force. That deserves a ‘Whoa.’ Andrew Rudalevige - March 6, 2021 The possibility of addressing the legal framework for the war on terror is big news.
Here are the facts behind Mike Pompeo’s fight with NPR Henry Farrell - January 25, 2020 Either the NPR journalist is unusually terrible at geography, or the State Department has issued a misleading statement.
When tensions rise, retaliation isn’t the same as all-out war Michael Horowitz and Elizabeth N. Saunders - January 7, 2020 "Powder keg" situations rarely explode into war by accident.
After the Saudi oil attack, will the U.S. and Saudis start a war with Iran? Here are 3 things to know. Austin Carson - September 17, 2019 Iran — and Saudi Arabia — might prefer to let responsibility for the attack remain unclear.
Trump’s nominated a new national security advisor. Don’t expect that to change much about Trump’s foreign policy. Paul Musgrave - September 10, 2019 Goodbye to John Bolton. Hello to Robert C. O’Brien.
Yes, Iran shot down a U.S. drone. Here’s why you (still) don’t need to worry. Sarah Kreps, Michael Horowitz, and Matthew Fuhrmann - June 20, 2019 Drone shoot-downs haven’t escalated in the past. This one probably won’t, either.
The Senate and intelligence community rebuked Trump on national security this week. Sarah Binder, James Goldgeier, and Elizabeth N. Saunders - February 2, 2019 Here's why that matters — a lot.