A realist approach to Russia
Some foreign policy thinkers hope Donald Trump will reform Washington’s broken relationship with Moscow through a strategy grounded in realpolitik.
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Jim Webb praises populism at home, realism abroad
Jim Webb, the former U.S. senator, secretary of the Navy and brief candidate in the Democratic presidential primary, delivered the keynote address at The American Conservative’s Nov. 15 symposium, where his outsider sensibility and skepticism of U.S. military intervention abroad found warm welcome among the foreign policy scholars and writers in attendance.
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On a razor’s edge
The relationship between Washington and Moscow today is more fraught with tension and uncertainty than it has been since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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New Washington think tank urges detente with Russia (Part Two)
The Defense Priorities Foundation was founded in early 2016 in order to promote what it calls a “more prudent, restrained foreign policy” based less on military intervention and more on diplomacy and economic exchange. The think tank is staffed by conservative and libertarian foreign policy researchers and advisers. I spoke with Defense Priorities foreign policy fellow and defense expert Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis (USA, Ret.) about the state of the U.S.-Russia relations and if the two governments can resolve their geopolitical differences amid an atmosphere of mutual acrimony.
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New Washington think tank urges detente with Russia (Part One)
The Defense Priorities Foundation was founded in early 2016 in order to promote what it calls a “more prudent, restrained foreign policy” based less on military intervention and more on diplomacy and economic exchange. The think tank is staffed by conservative and libertarian foreign policy researchers and advisers. I spoke with Defense Priorities fellow Matt Purple about the state of the U.S.-Russia relations and if the two governments can resolve their geopolitical differences amid an atmosphere of mutual acrimony.
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Republicans Criticize FBI Director Over Recent Terrorist Incidents
Republican senators sharply criticized FBI director James Comey Tuesday for his agency’s handling of recent terrorism incidents, including a bombing in New York and a shooting in an Orlando nightclub.
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Defending Taiwan: What Should the US Do?
The challenge for the U.S. is to maintain diplomatic relations with China while meeting the commitments under the Taiwan Relations Act. “The fundamental problem is not the Chinese weapon or China’s strategy. The fundamental problem is political…We don’t even recognize the Republic of China, which is Taiwan’s official name, we don’t even recognize it as a real country,” said Ian Easton, a research fellow at the Project 2049 Institute, where he conducts research on defense and security issues in Asia.
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Shortage of trained experts leaves doors open for cyber attacks
Cyberattacks against U.S. companies and government bodies are driving demand for security experts beyond the numbers that the nation’s training schools and partnerships programs can provide.
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Donald Trump: A National Security Threat, experts say
Former Secretary os State Hillary Clinton believes “Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different– they are dangerously incoherent. They’re not even really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds, and outright lies.” She’s not the one who has criticized the business mogul. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani, who voted for Trump in the past, now believes his ban on Muslims “violates the First Amendment. You have no reasonable basis for it,” Giuliani said in a Fox News interview.
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Security at Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro
Brazil is notorious known internationally for its violent crime, which has made the country “the murder capital of the world,” according to Newsweek.
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