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How to Stop Rogue States Like Russia from Interfering in Our Politics
Commentary
Democratic governments have done much to protect themselves in recent years. Still missing, however, is a mechanism for collective action....
By Richard Fontaine
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The Will and the Power: China’s Plan to Undermine Pax Americana
Commentary
From Washington’s Farewell Address to Biden’s national security strategy, the core U.S. national interest, unsurprisingly, has not changed: to ensure the fundamental security ...
By Richard Fontaine & Robert Blackwill
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The Rise and Fall of the Economic Pivot to Asia
Commentary
The notion of Chinese political liberalization through trade and globalization was abandoned years ago....
By Richard Fontaine & Robert Blackwill
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Israel’s War of Regime Change Is Repeating America’s Mistakes
Commentary
Israel should begin planning not only for taking on such responsibilities but also for later handing them off to Palestinians....
By Richard Fontaine, Meghan L. O'Sullivan & David H. Petraeus
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Obama tried to pivot to Asia in 2011. We must succeed this time.
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This article, originally published in The Washington Post, is an excerpt from Lost Decade: The US Pivot to Asia and the Rise of Chinese Power. In 2011, President Barack Obama ...
By Richard Fontaine & Robert Blackwill
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The Axis of Upheaval
Commentary
The West has been too quick to dismiss the coordination among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia....
By Andrea Kendall-Taylor & Richard Fontaine
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Ukrainians Are Resilient—But They Still Need Washington
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Beyond material support, my visit made clear that the psychological effect of global solidarity, especially from the United States, remains vital...
By Richard Fontaine
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Worrywurst at the Munich Security Conference
Commentary
On one matter, everyone — Europeans, Ukrainians, Americans, and delegates from other regions — concurred: What America does, or fails to do, will be vital....
By Richard Fontaine
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Americans Need Domestic Unity for Effective Foreign Policy
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Today’s international challenges threaten the security, prosperity, and freedom of the American people. But Americans will naturally shy from a focus on overseas problems unti...
By Richard Fontaine & Stephen J. Hadley
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Rumors of China’s Decline Are Premature and Dangerous
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The chief near-term risk is not that Beijing’s ascent will fizzle, but rather that Washington will fail to muster the strength necessary for an adequate response....
By Richard Fontaine
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John McCain’s Warning of the Authoritarian Threat Should Be Heeded
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McCain’s foresight was grounded in his fundamental worldview. He recognized the innate connection between the behavior of governments at home and abroad....
By Richard Fontaine & Daniel Twining
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Election Interference Demands a Collective Defense
Commentary
The stakes have grown too high and the threats too pervasive to leave every democracy to its own devices....
By Richard Fontaine
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The Myth of Neutrality
Commentary
The number of unavoidable dilemmas will only rise as the U.S.-Chinese rivalry intensifies....
By Richard Fontaine
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What a Debt Default Would Mean for National Security
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Military strength and geopolitical influence rise and fall with a country’s economic power, and a debt default would strike a major blow against them all....
By Richard Fontaine
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Yoon’s State Visit Shows an Alliance on the Move
Commentary
Now is the time for South Korea and the United States to work together in pursuit of order, security, freedom, and prosperity....
By Richard Fontaine
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Of Strategy and Schnitzel: Munich Security Conference 2023
Commentary
The West is, they all said, in this for the long haul, and will support Ukraine for as long as it takes....
By Richard Fontaine
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China’s Balloon-Size Blunder Is a Huge Opportunity
Commentary
Whether a product of hubris or incompetence, the Chinese-spy-balloon affair has derailed Beijing’s charm offensive and raised grave suspicions among Americans....
By Richard Fontaine
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China’s Balloon Could Be America’s Awakening
Commentary
Beijing’s blunder may well represent—forgive the expression—a great-power trial balloon. And it may even spur a broad American awakening....
By Richard Fontaine
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To Help Afghanistan, Engage Its Political Opposition
Commentary
The effort to help Afghans shape a better alternative should begin now....
By Richard Fontaine & Lisa Curtis
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Taking on China and Russia
Commentary
Today Washington has chosen, perhaps by default, to compete with—and if necessary, confront—both Russia and China simultaneously and indefinitely....
By Richard Fontaine
