Foreign Policy Essay
Iraq in the Era of the Abraham Accords
Katherine Harvey Sun, Jul 10, 2022, 10:01 AM
As Biden heads to the Middle East, there are limits to the potential for diplomatic breakthroughs.
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Diplomacy
India, the Quad and AUKUS
Tanvi Madan Fri, Sep 24, 2021, 4:40 PM
AUKUS is likely to have a net positive effect on India’s strategy in the Indo-Pacific, but transatlantic tension that its rollout has generated will elicit some concern in Delhi.
Foreign Policy Essay
Giving Diplomacy a Chance in Yemen
Alexandra Stark Sun, Jul 18, 2021, 10:01 AM
Negotiations are moving again, but an agreement to end the foreign interventions in the country would be just the first step in ending the civil war.
Middle East and North Africa
Egypt, Iraq and Jordan: A New Partnership 30 years in the Making?
Katherine Harvey, Bruce Riedel Wed, Jul 14, 2021, 11:57 AM
At first glance, a partnership grouping together Egypt, Iraq, and Jordan appears rather strange. But the new partnership potentially heralds a far more ambitious project to bring together the countries of the Levant more broadly.
American Foreign Policy
Civil Society Should Be at the Center of Foreign Policy
Jon Temin Mon, Mar 1, 2021, 8:01 AM
In an era of democratic backsliding, governments are increasingly disconnected from citizens. The Biden administration should elevate engagement with civil society in response.
Diplomacy
A New Geostrategic Environment Demands New Principles for U.S. Multilateral Diplomacy
William W. Burke-White Thu, Feb 25, 2021, 8:01 AM
While the Biden administration’s early moves to reengage the international institutional order are important first steps, today’s more competitive global landscape requires a broader shift in U.S. multilateral diplomacy. “The Philadelphia Principles” proposed herein can guide the U.S. toward more effective multilateral engagement that better serves the interests of the American people.
Foreign Policy Essay
Multilateralism in the National Interest
Elizabeth Cousens, Lise Morjé Howard Sun, Oct 18, 2020, 10:01 AM
Taking stock of the United Nations' first 75 years.
Ukraine
Pompeo Visited Ukraine. Good. What Next?
Steven Pifer Fri, Feb 7, 2020, 9:19 AM
Ukrainians want action to demonstrate the Trump administration's commitment to the country.
Counterterrorism
Protecting Diplomats Following Soleimani’s Death
Fred Burton Sun, Jan 5, 2020, 9:07 AM
In the wake of Qassem Soleimani’s death, the global threat posed by Iran and its proxies to Americans creates a somewhat novel challenge for the Diplomatic Security Service, the law enforcement arm of the U.S. Department of State.
Russia and Eastern Europe
Russian Theater: How to Respond to Moscow’s Return to the African Stage
Judd Devermont Fri, Oct 18, 2019, 3:37 PM
Russia is preparing to launch its first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi on Oct. 24. President Vladimir Putin and the summit co-host, Egyptian leader and African Union Chairman Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, invited all of the African heads of state along with the leaders of major subregional associations and organizations. Russia almost certainly will advertise the summit as an emblem of its triumphant return to center stage in Africa.