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Beating Moscow at its Main Game: Espionage

We talk a lot these days about smart power and hard power and soft power even the sharp power of manipulating information. In the end, power and influence have always been exercised in multiple [...] More

Trump and Kim Jong Un: Let’s Make a Deal

Trump and Kim Jong Un: Let’s Make a Deal
President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with Kim Jong Un and the other players, China and North Korea, are preparing. The question is: How should Trump prepare for the meeting? Experts find a [...] More

More from Ambassador Richard Boucher, Former Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia

As Tillerson Exits Stage Right, ‘America First’ Takes Center Stage

Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s departure was long-rumored and expected. It had been delayed so long that some of us had even gotten to the [...] More

Diplomacy: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Just Doesn’t Get It

Imagine a general who says, “I’m the only one who matters here.” The response, as we used to say in junior high, might be, “You and what army?” Yet [...] More

The 'World Doesn’t Wait’ for D.C. to Fill Top Jobs

North Korea is testing its nuclear program seemingly at will. Afghanistan and Iraq struggle with enormous security threats years after the U.S. [...] More

In Afghanistan, Keep Your Eye on the Exit

The President’s announcement of his strategy for Afghanistan opens a new era for the 16-year war, yet most of the rhetoric and strategy matches that [...] More

U.S. Launches China Trade Probe, a Sign of “Living in the Past”

U.S. President Donald Trump this week decided to launch an investigation into Chinese practices on intellectual property. The move angered Beijing, [...] More

Donald Trump Can Learn from Teddy Roosevelt’s “America First”

In the early days of our republic, George Washington warned against “entangling alliances.” In 1821, after strenuous debate, John Quincy Adams [...] More

No One Makes Money by Betting Against Hong Kong

For the seven million people of Hong Kong, living next to a rising China, this year marks three important anniversaries. Most commentary focused on [...] More

America First? Why the U.S. Can’t Go It Alone – And Neither Can Europe

Donald Trump’s interactions with our European Allies and his renunciation of the Paris Climate Accords have left our Allies baffled and startled. [...] More

Trump Talks the Talk but Hobbles the Walk

President Trump’s first foray into the world of foreign affairs hinged on one issue: can he convey a sense of trustworthy personal and U.S. [...] More