Trump’s 2025 National Security Strategy promises coherence and strength—but his policies reveal widening gaps between rhetoric, realism, and reality.
Alan DowdFebruary 20, 2026
With the publication of the new “National Defense Strategy,” it’s a good time to remember that national interest is a good thing. Even for our neighbors.
Marc LiVeccheFebruary 16, 2026
Bullying allies, threatening Greenland, and emboldening Moscow are not statesmanship. America’s recent foreign policy risks undermining the very order it once led.
J. Daryl CharlesFebruary 3, 2026
The best way to succeed in Venezuela is to empower María Corina Machado and the democratic opposition.
Carrie FilipettiJanuary 5, 2026
From the killing of Soleimani to the capture of Maduro, Trump’s record in foreign affairs has been marked not by isolationism but decisive uses of force
James DiddamsJanuary 3, 2026
The operation against Maduro serves US interests, but raises urgent questions about executive power and congressional authority.
Robert NicholsonJanuary 3, 2026
Secretary Hegseth’s recent address to generals and admirals reflected that senior officers are not beyond criticism by civilian leadership, a long-running feature of the American system of civil-military relations
Garrett ExnerOctober 2, 2025
While there are many reasons to be for or against the current administration’s tariffs, this impulse to invoke Reagan to criticize Trump can obscure significant overlap in each president’s strategic use of trade as a geopolitical tool
Randall FowlerAugust 19, 2025
Absent the language and intercultural skills that make diplomacy work, the US will not be able to effectively project power abroad
Siobhan Heekin-CanedyJune 26, 2025
