The Other Risk of U.S. War With Russia
There is no vital U.S. interest at stake in Syria, certainly nothing which justifies the risk ongoing military intervention incurs.
Biden's Yemen Shift May be Bearing Fruit—and a Lesson for Washington
It's too soon to say, but in retrospect, we may be able to confidently judge that President Joe Biden's February move shortened the overall length of Yemen's strife, or at least shortened U.S. participation.
U.S. War Failed to Democratize Afghanistan. Afghans Want Peace
President Joe Biden should respect the wishes of Americans and Afghans alike and end U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan by May 1.
Biden's Syria Strike was Neither Defensive Nor Defensible
The White House sought no congressional permission for the strike, as the Constitution requires.
The U.S. Needs a Cyber Strategy Designed for Defense
A offensive-oriented cyber warfare strategy is reckless.
Trump's Casual Approach to Cyber Warfare Puts National Security at Risk
The CIA should not have free rein with a tactic that could implicate the United States in a new war—in the worst-case scenario, nuclear conflict with Russia or China.
Trump's China Hawks Should Prioritize Helping America, Not Hurting Beijing
The hostile relations Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Senator Josh Hawley advocate are risky at best, built on a misunderstanding of U.S. interests and more likely to do us harm than good.
There's No Good Way to Make China 'Pay' for the Pandemic
Any policy of holding Beijing accountable should go beyond political theater, be realistically achievable and not—to borrow a recent favorite phrase of President Donald Trump's—make the cure worse than the problem.
There Are Three Paths Forward for U.S.-Iran Relations. Only One Averts War
The risk isn't that Tehran could defeat the U.S. in a conventional military conquest but that it could bleed us dry with our largest, costliest forever war yet.
Lashing Out at China Over Coronavirus Does Nothing for America
Anti-Chinese propaganda and economic punishments might feel cathartic in a frightening time, but lawmakers need to focus on what is actually in U.S. interests.
'European Solutions' to European Problems Would Benefit the U.S. Too
The European self-reliance French President Emmanuel Macron is advocating should be encouraged and embraced—for the sake of Europe and the United States alike.
