Publications
In hindsight, the United States should have expected that Russia would search for new purpose after its empire col- lapsed. The transition from superpower to “something else” was, in part, a…
President Trump issued Executive Order 13848 on Sept. 12 declaring election interference a national emergency. The order also sets up a protocol for applying sanctions to persons who conduct…
North Korea often tries to hide from the world the results of decades of Communist authoritarian leadership and financial mismanagement. But for those who’ve seen past that facade, the results are…
This post is the third in a multipart series. For an introduction to the surveys being discussed and the methodology that the authors employed, read their first post here.
In January 2018,…
In what has now proved to be a premature declaration, President Trump recently tweeted, “There is no longer a nuclear threat” regarding North Korea. However, satellite imagery has since revealed…
From IMPORTANT STUFF with Matt Lewis & Shoshana Weissmann:
On the pilot episode of “IMPORTANT STUFF,” Matt and Shoshana discuss Brett Kavanaugh’s coming Supreme Court nomination…
From Lawfare:
The Trump administration has taken an aggressive stance on U.S. trade relations, opting for bilateral negotiations, and in many cases, eschewing the multilateral trade order. The…
In the United States today, there is a continuing need to explain to the American public what most of their elected representatives understand very well: It is critical to maintain non-military…
From Washington Post:
“This is manifestly an abuse of the limited discretion the law gives the president” to respond to foreign economic threats, said Paul Rosenzweig, a homeland security…
When Donald Trump lamented Canadian shoe smuggling during a recent speech to a small-business group, I thought of a farcical 1995 movie called “Canadian Bacon.” Its premise wasn’t much stranger…