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American Statecraft
A More Disciplined American Global Leadership

Challenging assumptions about America’s global priorities to serve the needs of the future.

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America Isn't Leading the World

Never in the years since the Cold War has the United States looked less like a leader of the world and more like the head of a faction — reduced to defending its preferred side against increasingly aligned adversaries

The New York Times
In The Media
in the media
America Isn't Leading the World

Never in the years since the Cold War has the United States looked less like a leader of the world and more like the head of a faction — reduced to defending its preferred side against increasingly aligned adversaries

The New York Times
In The Media
in the media
NATO Is Turning 75, but How Much Is There to Celebrate?

It is important that NATO has survived for so many decades, but staying alive can’t be the standard for judging success. Real success comes from serving the concrete interests of the members of the alliance.

In The Media
in the media
NATO Is Turning 75, but How Much Is There to Celebrate?

It is important that NATO has survived for so many decades, but staying alive can’t be the standard for judging success. Real success comes from serving the concrete interests of the members of the alliance.

In The Media
in the media
NATO Is Turning 75, but How Much Is There to Celebrate?

It is important that NATO has survived for so many decades, but staying alive can’t be the standard for judging success. Real success comes from serving the concrete interests of the members of the alliance.

· July 1, 2024
Foreign Policy
In The Media
in the media
America Isn't Leading the World

Never in the years since the Cold War has the United States looked less like a leader of the world and more like the head of a faction — reduced to defending its preferred side against increasingly aligned adversaries

· June 11, 2024
The New York Times
commentary
How Strong Are U.S. Interests in Defending Countries Across Europe?

This vital question looms large in Washington partly because it was not squarely debated during NATO’s enlargement.

· March 19, 2024
In The Media
in the media
Why America Can’t Have It All

Washington Must Choose Between Primacy and Prioritizing.

· February 15, 2024
Foreign Affairs
commentary
America Needs a Realistic Ukraine Debate

A healthy democracy ought to be able to develop and debate its national-security options honestly, openly and vigorously.

· February 6, 2024
Survival
In The Media
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Biden’s Democracy-Defense Credo Does Not Serve U.S. Interests

Centering U.S. foreign policy on this principle is destabilizing abroad and divisive at home.

· January 23, 2024
The Atlantic
commentary
No Choice but Containment

So long as imperialism guides Kremlin policy, the West’s response has to be some version of containment.

  • James Goldgeier
· November 30, 2023
In The Media
in the media
America is Losing Control

Since Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, President Biden has presented himself as a statesman humbled and enlightened by his own country’s missteps after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

· November 23, 2023
The New York Times
commentary
What Washington Got Wrong About NATO Expansion in the 1990s

The United States engaged Russia on secondary matters while antagonizing it on vital issues.

  • Joshua Shifrinson
· October 16, 2023
commentary
Nothing Seems to Deter Russian Aggression Like NATO Membership

But if Ukraine joins the alliance, NATO will have to engage in serious military planning in ways it did not for the Baltic states.

  • James Goldgeier
· August 17, 2023
commentary
The Crucial Question Surrounding Ukraine’s NATO Admission

Advocating for Kyiv’s membership doesn’t make sense without addressing Article V guarantee credibility.

  • Joshua Shifrinson
· August 9, 2023
commentary
NATO Enlargement Didn’t Cause Russia’s Aggression

But Russian aggression was the impetus for the new membership bids.

  • James Goldgeier
· July 31, 2023