Diplomacy

Better to side with transparently self-interested Saudi over transparently evil Iran

America never recognized the USSR’s occupation of the Baltics, but didn’t let it derail our diplomacy. This should be our approach with Ukraine and Crimea.

Peace with Russia, as in Soviet times, has always been unpalatable but necessary.

Pax Romana, Pax Britannica, Pax Americana: What does hegemon status mean for American citizens abroad?

From Kabul to Kiev, from the South China Sea to the Persian Gulf, from space to cyberspace, the U.S.-led international…

His approach in politics and diplomacy made Baker often unappealing to advocates of conviction politics but indispensable to situations needing practical results.

Foreign policy does not have to be driven by altruism to be moral. Instead, they are the natural product of a mature prudence and prioritization of the national interest.

The United States still has a critical leadership role to play in the Middle East—the Abraham Accords were only a starting point.

Rediscovered Notes on the 75th Anniversary of The Uneasy Conscience Reveal Convictions of Carl Henry.