Good to Know: U.S. war powers Andrew Rudalevige - February 22, 2024 Does the president or Congress have the power to go to war?
Perhaps Putin thinks acting crazy is a good strategy. My research says otherwise. Roseanne McManus - March 6, 2022 ‘Madness’ isn’t a common leadership trait
Afghanistan’s security forces unraveled this month. What broke their seven-year stalemate with the Taliban? Yuri Zhukov and Stephen Biddle - August 31, 2021 The dynamics behind this kind of collapse are more common than you might think
Trump thought escalating the Iran crisis would solve it. That’s not how escalation works Danielle Lupton - January 7, 2020 Here are four reasons deterrence by escalation is difficult to achieve.
Trump overrode the Navy’s plans to discipline a SEAL. That wasn’t as troubling as some think. Carrie Lee - December 9, 2019 Firing a civilian Navy secretary – not a career military officer – averted a potential crisis.
No, Trump probably won’t start a war to distract from his difficulties. Here’s what he’ll do instead. Valerie Morkevičius and Danielle Lupton - October 16, 2019 Expect an even more chaotic foreign policy
How the Mueller report reminds us of Watergate Andrew Rudalevige - April 19, 2019 Four curious echoes of the iconic White House abuse of power.
The point of the Afghanistan ‘peace deal’ is simple: The U.S. wants to get out James Lebovic - January 31, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83301" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Former insurgents surrender their weapons during
Rhetorical ‘fire and fury’ can help the U.S. globally – if the president has enough backing at home Roseanne McManus - August 9, 2017 President Trump is making news for saying that North Korea
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