BookTalk: American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump
It can be argued that the rise of Donald Trump has created more uncertainty about America’s role in the...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
BookTalk: American Grand Strategy in the Age of Trump
A nation must think before it acts.
Categories for Briefings, Booktalks, and Conversations
BookTalk: The Sovereignty Wars: Reconciling America with the World
In his new book, Stewart Patrick says that sovereignty is “one of the most frequently invoked, polemical, and misunderstood...
BookTalk: Blood Profits: How American Consumers Unwittingly Fund Terrorists
The illegal trade of everyday counterfeit products — a $400 billion a year industry — is a big chunk...
Book Talk: False Dawn: Protest, Democracy, and Violence in the New Middle East
Half a decade after Arabs across the Middle East poured into the streets to demand change, hopes for...
Taiwan’s Participation in International Organizations
Increased efforts by Beijing to limit, and reduce, Taiwan’s international space have made the question of Taiwan’s opportunities...
Briefing on the Situation in North Korea
In cooperation with UPenn’s Center for East Asian Studies, the Foreign Policy Research Institute hosted a briefing on the...
Does Democracy Matter? The United States and Global Democracy Support
Confidence in the future of democracy has been shaken by the authoritarian resurgence of the past decade, and...
The Legacy of the Six Day War And Israel’s Domestic Politics Today
This June we commemorate the Six Day War, a transformative event in the history of the Middle East...
The Use and Abuse of Drones: A Debate
Although the U.S. has been the world’s pre-eminent user of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), otherwise known as...
Oppose Any Foe: The Rise of America’s Special Operations Forces
Born as small appendages to the conventional armies of World War II, the Special Operations Forces have grown into...