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Misreading the “Liberal Order”: Why We Need New Thinking in American Foreign Policy
Editor’s Note: Critics of Trump's foreign policy, including many of my Brookings colleagues, regularly espouse the virtues of the so-called liberal order and decry Trump's repeated attacks on it. The Uni... -
Trade War Battles: The International Front
A surprise announcement from European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and President Donald Trump on Wednesday may be the first hint of a cease-fire in the trade war that the United States initia... -
The Law of Military Cyber Operations and the New NDAA
How will the soon-to-be-enacted NDAA alter the legal framework for military operations in the cyber domain? -
Treaties and Irrelevance: Understanding Iran’s Suit Against the U.S. for Reimposing Nuclear Sanctions
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Saving NATO
A recent series of statements by President Donald Trump has resurrected concerns about the United States’ long-standing commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Ahead of the recent NATO summ... -
Water Wars: China Crashes the Party at the Rim of the Pacific Exercises
The 26th biennial Rim of the Pacific naval military exercises, the largest international maritime exercises in the world, kicked off in and around Hawaii on June 27 with one participant notably absent. T... -
Trump Administration’s Iran Strategy Overshadowed by Bellicose Rhetoric
Hostile Rhetoric Escalates Between Trump Administration and Iran -
The Innovation-Security Conundrum in U.S.-China Relations
If one defines technology as anything that extends human capability, it takes only a short logical leap to conclude that nearly any advantage in technological capability over a competitor entails potenti... -
Renew Palestinian Democracy to Avert a Succession Crisis
Editor’s Note: It's always hard to be optimistic about anything involving the Israeli-Palestinian dispute today, and if anything, things are likely to get worse. Palestinian leadership is one particular ... -
What Comes After Tariffs: An IEEPA Primer
The Trump administration released its latest escalation in the budding trade war with China on July 10: a 195-page list of $200 billion worth of Chinese goods that may soon be subject to a 10 percent tar... -
Document: Iran Files International Court of Justice Complaint Against U.S.
On Tuesday, Iran filed a complaint against the U.S. before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in which Iran seeks to enjoin the reinstatement of U.S. nuclear sanctions following President Trump's ... -
No Grand Bargain for Syria at Trump-Putin Summit
Trump and Putin Say They Will Cooperate on Syria, But No Grand Bargain
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