The Return of Power Politics
The conduct of U.S. foreign policy and the debate it has triggered in this presidential election year form the backdrop for Michael Mandelbaum’s timely and provocative Mission Failure. Unlike...
View ArticleAmerica Needs Nuclear Weapons—and the World Needs Us to Have Them
Since the end of World War II, it has been axiomatic that nuclear weapons are a central pillar of U.S. foreign policy, enabling America to resist not only far-flung threats to its security but to...
View ArticleAlliances Fall Apart
A central pillar of American foreign policy since the end of World War II has been a sometimes underappreciated and overlooked system of alliances. Our membership in NATO is the most prominent example...
View ArticleThe New Russian Empire
Russia’s annexation of Crimea in early March 2014 and subsequent confrontational policies in the Middle East and parts of Europe have spawned myriad debates assessing Vladimir Putin’s ambitions and...
View ArticleThe Middle East’s Good Old Days
After nearly eight years in office, most observers would conclude that President Barack Obama has done little to advance, and may well have undermined, American interests in the Middle East. While he...
View ArticleEspionage in a Time of Slaughter
Through the publication of some twenty books on military history, Max Hastings has gained a well-deserved reputation as one of the most respected practitioners in the field. His book on World War I,...
View ArticleWill This Be the Asian Century?
U.S. presidents often enter office with grandiose plans to remake the country's foreign policy. They often collide with a greater reality: a complex, chaotic, and frequently troubled world that...
View ArticleStriking a Balance in Foreign Policy
For all its salutary outcomes, the end of the Cold War in 1991 also resulted in the end of the organizing principle of U.S. foreign policy: opposition to communism. U.S. policymakers never produced a...
View ArticleTrouble Online
It all started simply and with great optimism. The internet's developers—dubbed cyber dreamers by the author—envisioned a free, accessible, and easy means of global communication. In many ways those...
View ArticleRelationships in The Desert
Navigating the myriad complexities and cross currents of U.S.-Saudi relations since the end of World War II is a daunting process even for experienced foreign policy analysts. That journey is made...
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Russia’s War in Syria Costing Millions Daily
Russia’s air campaign is costing the Russian government as much as $4 million a day, according to an analysis by a leading defense think tank. One month into Russia’s intervention, the financial costs...
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Russian Pacific Fleet Adds New Ballistic Missile Submarine
The Russian Pacific Fleet has added a new generation ballistic missile submarine, the first such upgrade since the Cold War, according to reports. The Vladimir Monomakh, a Borei class ("North Wind")...
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Polish Deputy Defense Minister Says Poland Considering Request for U.S. Nukes
Polish Deputy Defense Minister Tomasz Szatkowski told Polish media outlet Polsat that his country is considering a request for access to the NATO Nuclear Sharing program. Szatkowski did not identify...
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FSB’s New Intimidation Tactic: Harassing Turkish Banks
The FSB, Russia’s internal security service, this month launched a series of raids on Turkish banks based in Moscow, according to at least one Russian media outlet citing the Turkish Hurriyet Daily...
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What Drives Putin
The meteoric rise of Vladimir Putin from mid-level intelligence apparatchik to president of Russia has been chronicled by numerous biographers. Few have captured the complexities and influencing forces...
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New Russian Strategy Labels NATO and U.S. as ‘Threats’
The new national security strategy signed by President Vladimir Putin on New Year’s Eve describes NATO and the U.S. as a "threat" to Russian national security interests, the first time they have been...
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Putin Implicated in Litvinenko Murder, British Judge Concludes
Russian President Vladimir Putin "probably approved" the murder of former FSB spy turned Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko, a British inquiry has concluded. Litvinenko was murdered in November 2006...
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Russia Requests Overflight of U.S. With Reconnaissance Aircraft
Russia said on Monday it was formally asking to conduct flights over the United States using surveillance planes with advanced digital cameras, according to reports. Russia is making the request under...
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Briefing the Leader of the Free World
The emergence of the United States as a global superpower after World War II brought with it an unprecedented demand during the Cold War for accurate, well-informed and timely intelligence for the...
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Intelligence for Democracies
According to Michael Hayden, the only man ever to hold both the posts of CIA and NSA director, 9/11 was a seismic event for the U.S. intelligence community, and its effects still reverberate today....
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