Alan Dowd is a contributing editor with Providence and a senior fellow with the Sagamore Institute, where he leads the Center for America’s Purpose (www.sagamoreinstitute.org/cap).
Despite arguments that the US must prioritize Taiwan over Ukraine, the truth is that if the latter falls, the former will soon be next
Alan Dowd & J. Daryl CharlesJune 6, 2025
The end of a free Ukraine portends only the further weakening of America’s system of global alliances
Alan DowdFebruary 26, 2025
As a transactionalist, Trump must recognize that America’s global system of alliances benefits the US, and his presidential legacy, as much as it does the rest of the world
Alan DowdJanuary 30, 2025
Those who emphasize an ‘America first’ mentality would do well to recall the many benefits NATO has accrued to the United States
Alan DowdSeptember 10, 2024
Whether it’s Biden or Trump in the White House come 2025, the American-led international order deserves better
Alan DowdJuly 19, 2024
Viewed broadly, the war against Hamas is just one theater of Cold War II
Alan DowdMay 20, 2024
America is not as divided as you would think, and not as weak either
Alan DowdApril 26, 2024
Trump’s reckless words about NATO obscure the necessary and mutually beneficial nature of America’s system of alliances
Alan DowdMarch 7, 2024
Recent attacks on US soldiers in the Near East prove that a course change in American foreign policy is necessary
Alan DowdJanuary 31, 2024
Since the end of WWII, support for Israel has been a shared consensus on the center-left and right
Alan DowdJanuary 24, 2024