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March 2025
Bridge Colby Will Be Powerful as Under Secretary of Defense, But Not All-Powerful
When I first met Elbridge Colby (known as Bridge), he was a young analyst at the Center for Naval Analysis, where I served...
Asia
March 2025
Is the Pivot to Asia Finally Happening?
Trump has stunned Europe by following through on his pledge to force an end to the fighting in Ukraine, and making European...
Essays
March 2025
The Mahmoud Khalil Case
American diplomats are supposed to serve at least one tour on the visa line overseas, interviewing would-be visitors. It’s...
Essays
March 2025
Whither Europe?
The six chords, each spaced with a rest of about a second, came crashing down in the resplendent home of Amsterdam’s Royal...
Essays
March 2025
A Cold Peace in Peril?
Israel-Egypt peace was carefully constructed in the 1979 treaty and has weathered numerous regional storms: the 1982...
Editorials
March 2025
A New World Order
The war in Ukraine is leading to a seismic geopolitical shift, reshaping the global order. At its fulcrum stands Donald...
Essays
March 2025
Trump’s Gaza Plan: Change of Narrative
Washington’s Middle East experts were gathered for dinner in the ballroom of the Ritz Carlton Georgetown, hosted by a...
Essays
March 2025
Why a Peace Agreement in Ukraine is Not a New Munich
The spirit of Neville Chamberlain is haunting establishment foreign policy circles. Senior Trump administration officials...
Essays
March 2025
America Should Partner With Ukraine on Defense Tech
What happens on the battlefields of Ukraine will not stay in Ukraine. As the Spanish Civil War was a laboratory for the...
Essays
March 2025
Where are America and Israel Going in Syria?
The United States and Israel face fateful decisions on Syria. Israel appears to be moving towards some level of...