Trump’s adversarial view of China is out of line with the American public
By Richard C. BushThe Trump administration enters office with an undisguised antipathy towards China. It starts with Donald Trump himself and extends to many of the individuals he has already named for...
View ArticleThe intelligence community and President Trump
By David Gordon, Michael E. O'HanlonDonald Trump has been rightly criticized for his denunciations of the U.S. intelligence community. His recent comment likening its analyses to Nazi behavior was...
View ArticleCan Donald Trump avoid a dangerous South China Sea showdown?
By Michael E. O'Hanlon, James B. SteinbergDonald Trump’s election has raised questions about the future of U.S. foreign policy—and perhaps nowhere more consequentially than for Sino-U.S. relations....
View ArticleSeven Trump foreign policy assumptions
By Daniel L. BymanA new day, a new president, a new set of challenges for the foreign policy establishment. It’s hard to be a member of the foreign policy establishment. President George W. Bush...
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The twilight of the liberal world order
By Robert KaganThe liberal world order established in the aftermath of World War II may be coming to an end, challenged by forces both without and within. The external challenges come from the ambition...
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To preserve an important U.S. intelligence tool, Trump needs to set a...
By Benjamin WittesWhether President-elect Donald Trump and his advisers know it or not, a complex challenge in the field of intelligence law will confront the new president almost immediately when he...
View ArticleWhat Tillerson got right—and wrong—in his speech at State
By Tamara Cofman WittesAs is traditional when a new secretary of state starts work in the Harry S. Truman Building, department employees gathered in the C Street lobby to hear directly from their new...
View ArticleThe Trump administration and Afghanistan: What’s in the poppy leaves?
By Vanda Felbab-BrownOut with the old, in with the new, the Trump administration has decided on many issues. Perhaps not so on Afghanistan, where it is facing many of the same dilemmas as the Obama and...
View ArticleFixing CVE in the United States requires more than just a name change
By Eric RosandThe president is right: Countering violent extremism or “CVE” in the United States does need improvement. However, focusing it exclusively on Islamic extremism, as he reportedly plans to...
View ArticleTrump’s revised refugee and visas order
By Benjamin WittesThe issue President Trump issued a revised executive order on refugees and visas after his first order was blocked by federal courts. The new order includes a travel ban that’s less...
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