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Diplomacy

Iran: War, the Abraham Accords, and the Psychology of Its Leadership

OPINION – As the war between Iran and America (plus Israel) enters its second week, a close examination of its asymmetric and higher-order effects is [...] More

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A Resounding Reaffirmation of Diplomacy

BOOK REVIEW: Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to KissingerBy A. Wess Mitchell / Princeton University Press – Oct [...] More

Inside the High-Stakes World of State-Sponsored Hostage Negotiations

Inside the High-Stakes World of State-Sponsored Hostage Negotiations

BOOK REVIEW: SWAP: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE NEW COLD WARBy Drew Hinshaw and Joe Parkinson / HarperReviewed by: Joseph AugustynThe Reviewer — Joseph [...] More

Talking to Kim Jong Un Could Help Freeze His Nuclear Ambitions

OPINION — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un publicly announced that he’s prepared to meet with President Donald Trump: “If the US drops its hollow obsession [...] More

How U.S. Dialogue Can Break the North Korea-Russia Alliance

OPINION — It’s time to resume talks with North Korea. During the past five years, when we didn’t talk to North Korea, they built more nuclear weapons [...] More

Unilateral Disarmament in the New Cold Wars

OPINION — Just as America’s adversaries intensify efforts to win the new Cold War, erode American influence, and prepare for conflict, the U.S. is [...] More

The Higher-Order Effects of Negotiating with Hamas

OPINION — In 2011, after five and a half years in captivity and complex negotiations involving an Israeli activist, Israeli government officials, and [...] More

Haiti's Crucial Missing Piece

OPINION — For much of the first two years of the Biden administration, U.S. interest in the Western Hemisphere understandably took a back seat to [...] More

China's foray among Pacific Islands provokes U.S., Australian concerns

China's foray among Pacific Islands provokes U.S., Australian concerns

EXPERT ANALYSIS — A security agreement signed by China and the Solomon Islands in April, has created waves of concern throughout the region and [...] More

The Talk Between Russia and the U.S.

OPINION — Military exercises and psychological warfare operations have been underway for months along the tense Russia-Ukraine and Poland-Belarus [...] More

Why A Conventional Military Buildup with China Deserves a Second Look

OPINION — Last week, the Biden administration spelled out its opening carrot-and-stick policy toward the Beijing regime during appearances before two [...] More

Inside the Bureau of Intelligence and Research

Inside the Bureau of Intelligence and Research

The U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, better known as INR, is charged with providing intelligence products in support of [...] More

Biden Holds the Cards on Iran, But Will He Play Them?

Gary Grappo is a former U.S. ambassador who held senior positions including Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; [...] More