Diplomacy

Justice and Strategy in Just Statecraft

The term “just statecraft” is a novel but needed term that acknowledges the just war framework’s usefulness, not just for foreign policy but all areas of grand strategy

USAID Should Be Retooled, Not Destroyed

Republicans are right to be critical of some USAID and State Dept. programs, but a sledgehammer approach could cripple efforts to blunt the Chinese Communist Party’s influence.

A Preliminary Prescription for Russo-Ukrainian Peace

In imagining how Russia and Ukraine could ever build peace, it is helpful to begin from the perspective of Russia’s famous author-physician: Anton Chekhov

The Art of Dealing With Trump

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

Doing Diplomacy with Evil Men

The Biden Administration seeks to deescalate and minimize conflict with Iran and Russia, but fails to understand that our enemies seek not peace but the destruction of the American-led global order

Securing a Core Group of Near East Allies to Counter Iran

The United States must cement a core group of allies in the Middle East as the basis for stability in a long-unstable region

NATO’s Future is Churchillian, Not Wilsonian

The future of NATO must be defined by Churchillian realism and not Wilsonian idealism

If the Choice Is Charlatans or Fanatics, Choose the Former

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

Obstacles to Peace in Ukraine: President Biden and Mr. Trump

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.

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