Good to Know: The U.S. commitment to Taiwan Jeremy Wallace - January 10, 2024 U.S.-Taiwan relations are complicated. Here's an explainer.
Will Congress shut down the government over aid to Israel and Ukraine? Elizabeth N. Saunders, Sarah Binder, Michael Tesler, Jordan Tama, and Andrew Payne - November 14, 2023 Four experts examine how U.S. foreign policy is dividing both Republicans and Democrats.
Will the Hamas attack on Israel lead to a broader regional war? Elizabeth N. Saunders and Austin Carson - October 12, 2023 Even bitter adversaries have tools to control escalation.
Will foreign policy actually matter in the 2024 U.S. election? Elizabeth N. Saunders - September 21, 2023 It may not matter much to voters, but foreign policy is definitely on the ballot.
The military is making changes in response to Black Lives Matter protests. That’s good for fighting wars. Jason Lyall - July 27, 2020 New research looks at ethnic and racial inequalities in armies across 250 different wars
North Korea blew up a ‘useless’ joint liaison office. The real surprise was who gave the order. Katharine H.S. Moon - June 26, 2020 Kim Yo Jong is no longer a figure behind the scenes.
Don’t expect Congress to rein in Trump’s use of military force in the Middle East Douglas Kriner - January 6, 2020 Presidents usually want Congress to approve their military decisions. Lawmakers usually want to stay out of it.
Now that Trump has abandoned the Kurds, will other countries ever trust the U.S.? Marina E. Henke - October 16, 2019 Alliances are based on trust, not just U.S. assistance
The Treaty of Versailles was signed June 28, 1919. So why don’t countries formalize peace today? Tanisha Fazal - June 26, 2019 Here’s how peace treaties have changed in the past 100 years.
Did Xi Jinping’s Pyongyang visit restart denuclearization diplomacy? Carla P. Freeman - June 26, 2019 Xi’s visit may have come at a vital moment for Kim Jong Un.
What’s the response in China to the trade war? Jessica Chen Weiss - May 15, 2019 Here are three things to watch.
Here’s why Kim Jong Un put sanctions first — and why North Korea is not Vietnam Stephan Haggard and Marcus Noland - February 28, 2019 Trump wants North Korea to follow Vietnam’s development path.
These are U.S. allies’ 3 big questions for the second Trump-Kim summit Patricia Kim - February 25, 2019 In just a few days, President Trump will meet North
Does Trump really have ‘absolute power’ to declare a national emergency? Let’s examine the statute. Andrew Rudalevige - February 15, 2019 Editors' note: We are reposting this analysis, first published on January
The U.S. has brought home remains of its Korean War dead. It’ll be years before we know whose remains those are. Michael Dolski and Sarah Wagner - August 20, 2018 Editor's note: Michael Dolski is a historian with the Defense
This 1950 political science report keeps popping up in the news. Here’s the story behind it. Mark Wickham-Jones - July 24, 2018 [caption id="attachment_76024" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Harry S. Truman drops his
Congress has three tools to counter Trump on Russia Douglas Kriner - July 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_75955" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump and Russian President Vladimir
How do we know if U.S. troops in South Korea are a viable tripwire? A new survey suggests it’s not that simple. Steven Ward and Paul Musgrave - June 8, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74272" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Marines lace up their boots during
Why nuclear war with North Korea is less likely than you think Michael Horowitz and Elizabeth N. Saunders - May 24, 2018 Editors’ note: In this archival piece, Good Authority editor Elizabeth
South Korea has reason to be skeptical — and optimistic — about dialogue with North Korea Seo-Hyun Park and Hyun Cho - May 16, 2018 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump, left, and North Korean
What North and South Korea can learn from German reunification James Goldgeier - April 28, 2018 South Korea’s Moon Jae-in and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un
What will North and South Korean leaders talk about? Here’s a cheat sheet. Hyuk Kim - April 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72733" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Four North Korean soldiers and four
Five reasons the Olympics haven’t solved the North Korea problem Mira Rapp-Hooper - February 22, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69553" align="aligncenter" width="960"] North Korean cheerleaders perform in front of
Russia and the U.S. just defused a potential crisis in Syria — and showed us how to back away from a war Austin Carson - February 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69449" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during
Yes, North Korea could drive a wedge between the U.S. and South Korea Oriana Mastro and Arzan Tarapore - January 12, 2018 [caption id="attachment_68033" align="aligncenter" width="960"] South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon,
How political science can shed light on the Holocaust Museum’s Syria report Matthew Cebul - October 17, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64973" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Smoke billows from buildings after a
Would Trump attack North Korea? Here’s what we learned from his ‘Rocket Man’ speech at the U.N. Mira Rapp-Hooper - September 20, 2017 Donald Trump devoted a significant portion of his United Nations
Obama used covert retaliation in response to Russian election meddling. Here’s why. Austin Carson - June 29, 2017 [caption id="attachment_60504" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Russian President Vladimir Putin meets President
Thomas Schelling has died. His ideas shaped the Cold War and the world. Henry Farrell - December 13, 2016 [caption id="attachment_51233" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Professor Thomas C. Schelling receives his
Here’s how Trump’s election will affect U.S.-Russian relations Joshua Tucker - November 10, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49289" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Two women look at their cellphones
Here’s why the Iraq War may have helped trigger the financial crisis Henry Farrell - October 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_30658" align="aligncenter" width="333"] (Courtesy Cambridge University Press)[/caption] Thomas Oatley
The North Korean government is getting weaker and more vulnerable. That should scare you. Samuel Ramani - August 4, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28133" align="aligncenter" width="620"] This undated picture released by North
When Congress sues the president, it's likely to fail John Sides - November 20, 2014 [caption id="attachment_1000" align="aligncenter" width="606"] (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)[/caption] On
When Congress sues the president, it’s likely to fail Michael Lynch - November 20, 2014 [caption id="attachment_1000" align="aligncenter" width="606"] (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)[/caption] On
The reports of war's demise have been exaggerated Tanisha Fazal - September 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15218" align="aligncenter" width="512"] U.S. Army personnel receive an American
The reports of war’s demise have been exaggerated Tanisha Fazal - September 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15218" align="aligncenter" width="512"] U.S. Army personnel receive an American
Did Russian personnel help take down MH17? Austin Carson - July 22, 2014 [caption id="attachment_13351" align="alignnone" width="620"] Debris lies at the crash site
Was Obama wrong to withdraw troops from Iraq? Jason Brownlee - June 26, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12361" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Smoke billows from an area controlled
More controversy on the economic costs of dams Andrew Gelman - April 15, 2014 [caption id="attachment_9428" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] Anupam Nath/AP - Activists hold
How today’s budget woes owe their debt to the financing of recent wars Erik Voeten - December 4, 2013 This is a guest post by Gustavo Flores-Macías (Assistant Professor of
Do Wars Make Presidents Too Powerful? John Sides - May 11, 2012 bq. This project evaluates the impacts of war on presidential
Campaign Stunts - September 25, 2008 From PolySigh John McCain "suspending" his campaign is clearly a
The Long-Term Economic Cost of Wars - November 21, 2007 Recent days have brought a shower of media attention to