Providence Managing Editor Drew Griffin sits down with Faysal Itani, Resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council to discuss the US withdrawal from Syria, the future of Syria, and the next steps for the Assad Regime.
Faysal Itani & Drew GriffinFebruary 5, 2019
President Félix Tshisekedi was sworn in as the new president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on January 24, marking the Kabila dynasty’s end.
W. Alejandro SanchezFebruary 1, 2019
In fact, this finger-in-the-dam strategy is the best available option given America’s de facto preference to enjoy relative freedom from jihadist violence without the expense of solving the root problems from which jihadism springs. This style of frontier warfare is the price America pays for regional order on the cheap.
Paul D. MillerDecember 21, 2018
As Americans become less demographically European, will American foreign policy focus less on traditional European allies?
Mark TooleyDecember 20, 2018
W. Alejandro Sanchez: Trump’s inflammatory language is not helpful. Rather than engaging with the governments of Central America or the new administration in Mexico, or with the caravan leaders themselves, the president has focused on militarizing the border, vilifying the migrants, and threatening US allies.
W. Alejandro SanchezDecember 4, 2018
Mark Royce explains why Canada’s defense strategy is a mediocre study unworthy of such a vitally important democratic state.
Mark R. RoyceNovember 30, 2018
National Security Advisor John Bolton labeled the governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela as Latin America’s “Troika of Tyranny.” Does this signal a drastic change in US foreign policy toward Latin America? Or can we expect more of the same?
W. Alejandro SanchezNovember 26, 2018
Jair Bolsonaro is well-known for a series of controversial and offensive statements, including homophobic, sexist, and racist insults. Yet he emerged victorious in Brazil’s presidential election with around 58 million votes. Can the US government work with such a leader?
W. Alejandro SanchezNovember 20, 2018
After the Saudi Arabia and the Jamal Khashoggi affair, should we sound the alarm or call for sobriety? Drew Griffin sits down with to discuss US-Saudi Arabia relations.
Drew Griffin & Sohrab AhmariNovember 14, 2018
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