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Trump Gets NATO Backwards
Commentary
Returning from the World War I armistice commemoration in Paris, President Trump reemphasized his view of America’s European allies. “We pay for large portions of other countr...
By Richard Fontaine
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US midterm elections 2018: Democrats abroad in the Indo-Pacific
Commentary
A partial "blue wave" crested over the US House of Representatives this week, ushering in a Democratic majority there for the first time in eight years. With Republicans stren...
By Richard Fontaine
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Four Ways Foreign Policy Could Change, and One Way It Won’t
Commentary
The blue wave that crested over the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday was just large enough to usher in a Democratic majority for the first time in eight years. Because ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Has the Transatlantic Alliance Been Irreparably Damaged?
Commentary
We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces dealing with the transatlantic relationship. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of e...
By Jim Townsend, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Richard Fontaine & Julianne Smith
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Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Hurt American Interests, Not Just American Values
Commentary
Most observers have seen the murder of Jamal Khashoggi as the latest example of an age-old tension in U.S. foreign policy: the pursuit of national interests versus the defense...
By Richard Fontaine
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Essence of American Leadership: The Legacy of Senator John McCain
Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S...
By Richard Fontaine
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CNAS President Richard Fontaine speaks to Fox's Benson and Harf on Senator John McCain
Commentary
U.S. Sen. John McCain, a war hero who survived five years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, served three decades in Congress and went on to become the Republican Party's nomine...
By Richard Fontaine
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The Death of Political Courage
Commentary
More than a decade ago, Senator John McCain sought to stop the Bush administration’s attempt to weaken the protections offered by the Geneva Conventions. The provision at issu...
By Richard Fontaine
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Standing Up for Democracy
Commentary
In its 2018 National Defense Strategy, released in January, the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump correctly identified great-power competition as the United States...
By Richard Fontaine & Daniel Twining
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Rhetoric aside, NATO's strategic logic remains sound
Commentary
Transatlantic solidarity appeared strained on day one of the NATO summit, as leaders parried rhetorical blows from President Trump, including his charge that U.S. allies "owe ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The West Will Survive Trump
Commentary
As President Trump kicks off a bruising NATO summit, trans-Atlantic relations are said to be in the grip of an unprecedented crisis. On multiple fronts—defense spending, Iran ...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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The North Korean summit is over. Now for the hard part.
Commentary
President Trump's meeting with Kim Jong-un in Singapore was heavy on drama but ultimately light on specifics. Kim agreed to complete denuclearization, and the U.S. to provide ...
By Richard Fontaine
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The G7 summit will be contentious — for all the wrong reasons
Commentary
Leaders of the Group of 7 industrialized democracies will gather this week in Quebec for their annual meeting on the world's economy. Following the Trump administration's rece...
By Richard Fontaine
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Congress Should Oversee America’s Wars, Not Just Authorize Them
Commentary
Nearly 17 years after the 9/11 attacks, a bipartisan coalition of senators has put forward legislation that promises to overhaul the legal framework for America’s worldwide ca...
By Richard Fontaine & Vance Serchuk
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Back to the future: North Korea policy returns to business as usual
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The cancellation of the widely anticipated Trump–Kim summit in Singapore represents the latest turn in a period of dramatic zig-zag diplomacy: Just a few months ago, the Presi...
By Richard Fontaine
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On China’s New Silk Road, Democracy Pays A Toll
Commentary
Great power competition is back. And China is now combining its vast economic resources with a muscular presence on the global stage. One of Beijing’s key efforts is the Belt ...
By Richard Fontaine & Daniel Kliman
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Korean summit sets stage for major test of commitment
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The summit between North Korea's Kim Jong-un and the South's Moon Jae-in was rich in symbolism and breathtaking in its dramatics. The two leaders — who just months ago were pr...
By Richard Fontaine
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Mike Pompeo Needs to Clean Up After Rex Tillerson
Commentary
Incoming Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will inherit a State Department at a genuine inflection point. Devalued by the White House they serve, and feeling demoralized and bere...
By Richard Fontaine
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U.S. policy on North Korea entering unknown territory
Commentary
The secret early April visit to Pyongyang by Mike Pompeo, the CIA Director and Secretary of State nominee, suggests that the unprecedented summit between President Trump and N...
By Richard Fontaine
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Averting the U.S.-Russia Warpath
Commentary
For nearly twenty years following the end of the Cold War, military confrontation between the United States and the Russian Federation seemed implausible. Even during periods ...
By Richard Fontaine, Alexander Velez-Green & James N. Miller, Jr.
