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Congress unlikely to check Trump’s power to start war with Iran
In The News
Last year, months before the United States killed a senior Iranian commander in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East, bipartisan majorities in both the House a...
By Richard Fontaine
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The U.S.-China Trade Deal Means a Long Cold War for Business
In The News
With a new trade deal, the U.S. and China have agreed to stand down, but look for the war to go on, with the potential to rattle trade and markets across the globe for years a...
By Richard Fontaine
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The missing voice of John McCain in impeachment and Ukraine
In The News
If there was ever a time and a place where the voice of John McCain was missing from Congress, this is it — at the intersection of an impeachment, an election and a constituti...
By Richard Fontaine
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In Syria, Trump Distills a Foreign Policy of Impulse, and Faces the Fallout
No one should have been surprised, and yet it seems that everyone was. President Trump made clear long ago that he wanted to get out of the Middle East, but even some of his o...
By Richard Fontaine
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The art of the ask: Foreign aid isn’t a campaign ‘slush fund’
Arms sales and foreign aid have long been a part of the United States’ carrot-and-stick approach to foreign policy. But President Donald Trump’s call with the Ukrainian leader...
By Richard Fontaine
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Bolton replacement inherits tough challenges — including Trump
In The News
Like his predecessor, President Trump’s new national security adviser is known for advocating for a robust American presence abroad, but Robert O’Brien’s allies predict he wil...
By Richard Fontaine
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Robert O’Brien ‘Looks the Part,’ but Has Spent Little Time Playing It
In The News
Even his many critics conceded that the former national security adviser John R. Bolton brought useful credentials to the job: decades of foreign policy experience and a keen ...
By Richard Fontaine
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Thespian, statesman and strongman: Policy pundits deconstruct Modi's popularity
In The News
With over 50,000 Indian Americans from all across the country registering to attend the ‘Howdy, Modi!’ rally on Sept. 22 in Houston, starring Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and...
By Richard Fontaine
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How Trump triggered the Kashmir turmoil
As Pakistan prepares to file a complaint about India to The Hague over Kashmir, analysts are debating the role that U.S. President Donald Trump played in stoking tensions betw...
By Richard Fontaine
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Russian interference, 2020
In The News
Americans are at each other's throats. Politically, socially and culturally, we suspect each other's motives and plain sanity. So certain are we of the other's intent to do th...
By Richard Fontaine
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With North Korea talks bogged down, Trump faces a cascade of new crises in East Asia
In The News
President Trump has sought to address two intractable challenges in East Asia — North Korea’s nuclear weapons and China’s predatory trade policies — but 2½ years into his pr...
By Richard Fontaine
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In a tweet, Trump appears to invite Kim Jong Un to meet him at the Korean demilitarized zone
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President Trump on Saturday invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to meet him in the Korean demilitarized zone when he visits the peninsula over the next two days, setting u...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump’s Iran Response Underlines Republican Rift Over National Security
President Trump’s decision to pull back on a planned military strike against Iran has divided Republicans, pitting hawks who criticized his midoperation retreat against a noni...
By Richard Fontaine
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The U.S. Goes On the Cyber Offensive
After years of bitter complaints about cyberattacks from foreign adversaries, a new report describes aggressive U.S. cyber plans and intrusions of its own against Russia, a sh...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump says he will ‘most likely’ nominate his Army secretary to run the Pentagon
In The News
President Trump said he will “most likely” nominate Army Secretary Mark T. Esper to be his next Pentagon chief, potentially creating some stability after acting defense secret...
By Richard Fontaine
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‘Tariffs are the answer’: Trump appears emboldened after economic brinkmanship with Mexico
A sense of relief among Republicans and business leaders after President Trump postponed his tariff threats against Mexico gave way Monday to growing unease over whether he ha...
By Richard Fontaine
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Trump, trouble spots and Mueller: US expert Fontaine in conversation
In The News
More than two years after Trump's takeover, Robert Mueller's report appears - and seems to relieve the president. At the same time Trump has to cope with a failed North Korea ...
By Richard Fontaine
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‘America First’ or America alone? In debut on world stage, acting Pentagon chief must answer for Trump.
In The News
In a six-day trip that took him to four cities on two continents, acting defense secretary Patrick Shanahan came face to face with one consistent reality last week: the discor...
By Richard Fontaine & Elbridge Colby
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India's emergence as world's largest, most vibrant democracy is exceptional: Indian envoy
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The emergence of India as the world's largest democracy and perhaps the most vibrant one post the World War-II is indeed exceptional, a top Indian diplomat has said. Part of I...
By Richard Fontaine
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With eyes on China and Trump, Japan to invest in ‘aircraft carrier,’ F-35 fighters
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to give this island nation what effectively is its first aircraft carrier since World War II and will announce plans to purchase dozen...
By Richard Fontaine
