Iran's New Best Friends

January 29, 2024, 11:10 am

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Jan 29, 2024

Mohammad Tabaar argues that the attacks on Red Sea ships unintentionally advance the Houthis agenda by allowing it to claim that it is fighting imperialism, and the attacks help Iran by fortifying its political foothold in the Middle East. Washington should therefore cease the strikes. It should, instead, work to halt the war in Gaza. The United States should also try to strengthen the region's diplomatic agreements and shore up its security framework. Otherwise, the Houthi-Iranian partnership will only grow stronger, as will Tehran's leverage in the region.

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The World's Newest Nation Is Unraveling

January 30, 2024, 11:17 am

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Jan 25, 2024

Peter Ajak argues that the strength and principles of democracy—and the resolve of the international community—are being tested in South Sudan.

America Is Suffering From a Resolve Gap

January 31, 2024, 11:18 am

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Jan 30, 2024

Stephen Walt argues that if the world is entering a period of defense dominance—and if the resolve of most states is greatest in their immediate surroundings—then the ability of any country to wield vast and unchallenged global influence will decline. In such a world, the United States will have to pick its battles more carefully than it has in the past.

American Greatness and Decline

February 15, 2024, 11:26 am

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Feb 1, 2024

Joseph S. Nye warns that populist nationalism at home is by far the greatest threat to U.S. power.

Iran's Hiding Behind Deadly Friends Should Have a Price

February 15, 2024, 11:26 am

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Feb 10, 2024

Assaf Zoran argues that it is crucial to hold Iran accountable and convey the cost associated with arming, training, financing, and promoting violence through proxies.

The Neurotic Fixations of U.S. Foreign Policy

February 15, 2024, 11:26 am

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Feb 12, 2024

Stephen Walt analyzes U.S. reliance on its toolbox of coercive instruments and stubborn adherence to unreachable objectives. He concludes that both are significant obstacles to a more effective U.S. foreign policy.

When Ukraine Set Course for Europe

February 22, 2024, 11:46 am

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Feb 20, 2024

Mariana Budjeryn reflects on the tenth anniversary of her native Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity.

Beyond the "Nuclear Umbrella": Rethinking European Defense After the Russia-Ukraine War

March 8, 2024, 12:04 pm

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Feb 22, 2024

Matthew Evangelista examines the precedents and possibilities for postwar European security in an interview with International Security Executive Editor Jacqueline L. Hazelton.

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The Intersection of Trade and Climate Policy: A Conversation with Kim Clausing

March 8, 2024, 12:04 pm

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Mar 4, 2024

UCLA Law School Professor Kimberly Clausing gives the Biden Administration high praise for its climate policies in the latest episode of “Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the Harvard Environmental Economics Program.” The podcast is produced by the Harvard Environmental Economics Program.

Is Nuclear Proliferation Back?

March 8, 2024, 12:04 pm

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Mar 5, 2024

Joseph Nye considers lessons from his own work on preventing the spread of nuclear technology in the 1970s.

NATO Should Not Accept Ukraine—for Ukraine's Sake

March 8, 2024, 12:04 pm

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Mar 5, 2024

Stephen Walt argues that bringing Ukraine into NATO now is a bad idea that will prolong the war and leave Kyiv in an even worse position over time.

We All Fall Down: The Dismantling of the Warsaw Pact and the End of the Cold War in Eastern Europe

March 11, 2024, 1:14 pm

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Mar 14, 2024

The non-Soviet members of the Warsaw Pact contributed to the end of the Cold War along with the superpowers. These Eastern European states recognized that their relationship with the Soviet Union would impede their success in the post–Cold War world, so they ended the Pact.

A “Nuclear Umbrella” for Ukraine? Precedents and Possibilities for Postwar European Security

March 11, 2024, 1:14 pm

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Mar 15, 2024

Europe after the Russo-Ukrainian War must develop a new security structure to defend against any Russian aggression. The safest option is a non-offensive, confidence-building defense. This option includes proposals such as the “spider in the web” strategy and the “porcupine” strategy to provide for European security in a region threatened by Russian expansion—without relying on the threat of nuclear war. 

It's Not Too Late for Restrained U.S. Foreign Policy

March 14, 2024, 12:00 am

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Mar 14, 2024

Stephen Walt writes that those who favor foreign policy restraint believe the United States should trade and invest in other countries, encourage other states to do the same, and be open to managed immigration instead of building walls in a fit of xenophobia.

The United States Has Less Leverage Over Israel Than You Think

March 21, 2024, 12:00 am

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Mar 21, 2024

Stephen Walt analyzes the foundations of U.S. influence over Israel—and the lack of it.

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Russia and the Global Nuclear Order

March 12, 2024, 12:00 am

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Mar 12, 2024

Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine illuminated the long profound shadow of nuclear weapons over international security. Russia's nuclear threats have rightfully garnered significant attention because of the unfathomable lethality of nuclear weapons. However, the use of such weapons in Ukraine is only one way—albeit the gravest— that Russia could challenge the global nuclear order. Russia's influence extends deep into the very fabric of this order—a system to which it is inextricably bound by Moscow's position in cornerstone institutions such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). From withdrawing from key treaties to stymieing resolutions critical of misconduct, Moscow has demonstrated its ability to challenge the legitimacy, relevance, and interpretations of numerous standards and principles espoused by the West.

Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Says More…

April 2, 2024, 12:00 am

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Apr 2, 2024

This week in Say More, Project Syndicate talks with Joseph S. Nye, Jr., an emeritus professor at Harvard Kennedy School, a former U.S. assistant secretary of defense, and the author, most recently, of A Life in the American Century.

The "Age of Normalizations"— An Overdue Post-Mortem

April 4, 2024, 12:00 am

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Apr 4, 2024

Prior to October 7, 2023, the defining feature of Israeli foreign policy was the drive to normalize ties with Arab states, thereby "shrinking” the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and assembling Iran's rivals into a broad regional coalition. Despite the endurance of interests that made such a pursuit desirable, the most lucrative selling point of normalization—the ability to develop it into a diplomatic construct with which to contain Iran—had already expired prior to October 7, along with the essential contextual condition for such a deal: broad US support. Rather, the "Age of Normalizations," a period in which diplomatic normalization could feasibly serve as the kernel of Israeli strategy, expired in late 2021 as a consequence of the Biden administration's volte-face in the Middle East.

How to Prevent a War Over Taiwan

April 8, 2024, 12:00 am

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Apr 8, 2024

Joseph Nye argues that the "one China" formula, if combined with other measures to bolster deterrence against any sudden acts of aggression, can still help to keep the peace.

America Fueled the Fire in the Middle East

April 15, 2024, 12:00 am

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Apr 15, 2024

Stephen Walt argues that the tragic irony is that the individuals and organizations in the United States that have been the most ardent in shielding Israel from criticism and pushing one administration after another to back Israel, no matter what it does, have in fact done enormous damage to the country that they were trying to help.