2020 Presidential Election

Why Biden and Trump Must Confront Erdoğan in Their Final Presidential Debate
Biden and Trump Must Confront Erdoğan in Their Final Presidential Debate

In their final presidential debate, Donald Trump and Joe Biden should address US-Turkey relations and Erdoğan’s increasingly aggressive posture.

The Roots of US Foreign Policy Today: The Historical Origins of Present Debates
The Roots of US Foreign Policy Today: The Historical Origins of Present Debates

The fact that Americans have shifted their focus back to domestic concerns isn’t abnormal or un-American. It is the predictable resurgence of the two domestically focused schools of the American foreign policy tradition.

Evangelicals Need More Pragmatism and Less Moralism - Albert Mohler
Evangelicals Need More Pragmatism and Less Moralism

Al Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, recently declared that he was going to vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election.

A Guide to the US-China Contest in 2020
A Guide to the US-China Contest in 2020

The real 2020 questions about the US-China contest lie in how they influence the context for global trade, technology standards, military tools, and power projection.

Where Have All the Internationalists Gone?
Where Have All the Internationalists Gone?

There is a deep split over foreign policy within the psyche of the Democratic Party.

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of American Fatigue
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of American Fatigue

A buzzword in the foreign policy world right now is fatigue. But according to the well-respected Chicago Council on Global Affairs Survey, 69 percent of Americans support the US taking an active role in world affairs.

Power Failure
Sanders, Warren, and the Failure of Power

The brutal truth of international politics is simple: if you do not possess power you cannot get anything done.

Christian Democrat: Joe Biden’s Faith-Shaped Foreign Policy
Christian Democrat: Joe Biden’s Faith-Shaped Foreign Policy

If there’s one candidate among the Democrats vying for the presidency who needs no introduction, it’s Joe Biden. He held…

Pete Buttigieg Begins to Frame His Foreign Policy
Buttigieg Begins to Frame His Foreign Policy

Of the 23 candidates running for president in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary, few have distinguished themselves in terms of thinking through foreign policy as much as Pete Buttigieg.