Arpita Bhattacharyya and Peter Juul detail how the administration focused squarely on this critical issue, and suggest ways to institutionalize the efforts in the decades to come.
Issue Brief
While calls for safe zones reflect an understandable desire to prevent the Assad regime from inflicting further violence against its population, a hypothetical military intervention in Syria by the United States and a potential coalition of the willing presents many challenges, writes Peter Juul.
Rudy deLeon and his national security team demonstrate that patient diplomacy with China is paying increasing dividends in global efforts to isolate Iran over its nuclear ambitions.
The president can use tomorrow’s State of the Union address to point to the successes of his new approach that relies less on boots on the ground and more on nontraditional forms of power, says Peter Juul.
Peter Juul explains how U.S. military strategy abroad shifted remarkably and perhaps enduringly in 2011.
Peter Juul examines the more normal but still complex U.S. relationship with Iraq internally and in the region going forward.
Matthew Duss and Peter Juul look at the human, financial, and strategic costs of the U.S. intervention in Iraq as the last of our troops pull out.
Issue Brief
On foreign policy, today’s conservative movement remains trapped in the legacy of the George W. Bush administration, write Brian Katulis and Peter Juul.
The Al Qaeda network is reeling. The time has come to sharpen U.S. national security infrastructure to meet the challenges of the 21st century, write Brian Katulis and Peter Juul.
Rudy deLeon and Peter Juul comment on the death of the Libyan dictator and the tough road ahead for the country as it transitions.
Peter Juul talks to Israeli and American Diplomatic officials about the potential de-funding of the Palestinian Authority.
Peter Juul shows that conservatives have advocated preventive war for 60 years, and that 9/11 simply gave them an opportunity to put it into practice.
Right-wing budget cutters are obsessed with keeping high levels of defense spending while taking the ax to other investments critical to America’s global power, writes Peter Juul.
An amendment added to the House Foreign Relations Authorization Act would reinstate the global gag rule as law, writes Peter Juul.
A look at the implications of the troop drawdown in Afghanistan and what it means for U.S. foreign policy.