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Kenneth Pollack and Paul Pillar discuss Iran and the Trump administration strategy at a CFTNI event.
The National Interest brings you an exclusive interview with the former Congressman and three-star admiral.
The mere threat of force, and perhaps some limited bombing, is expected to suffice to bring Iran to its senses. This thesis was about to be put to the test—until Trump undermined it.
Each of the administration’s failures to date can be explained in large part in terms of the details of the specific country and relationship involved. But some general shortcomings of the bullying approach to foreign relations are common to all the cases.
A Russian military invasion of the Baltic states is not a high probability. However, the Lithuanians cannot ignore the Kremlin’s recent rhetoric and the Russian military’s ongoing modernization of its conventional forces over the past five years,
In-depth analysis from Robert D. Kaplan, Gordon G. Chang, Paul J. Saunders, and Daniel Byman
