The Yes-Men have taken over the Trump administration
By Thomas Wright The debate on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in his first two years in office revolved around the question of what mattered more: the policy or the…
By Thomas Wright The debate on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy in his first two years in office revolved around the question of what mattered more: the policy or the…
By Thomas Wright In 2016, Donald Trump took on and defeated the Republican foreign-policy establishment. Some progressives wonder if they may be able to accomplish the same feat in the…
By Thomas Wright John Bolton’s sudden departure from the Trump administration was inevitable. It had nothing to do with his fabled mustache or even his very real personality clash with…
By Thomas Wright As the 2020 presidential campaign gets under way, Democrats are beginning to think about what type of foreign-policy message they need to defeat President Donald Trump. A…
By Thomas Wright After 614 nights with Donald Trump in office, we know quite a lot about the president’s foreign policy. He has visceral beliefs about America’s role in the…
By Thomas Wright The idea that America should uphold the “liberal international order” is taken as something of an article of faith in foreign-policy circles. I’m no exception. As a…
By Thomas Wright Source: The Brookings Institute
By Thomas Wright President Trump hopes he has seen the back of the Axis of Adults. He has replaced two key members of his national security team, his secretary of…
By Thomas Wright On the last day of the Munich Security Conference, Republican Senator James Risch of Idaho was in a bit of a bind. He needed to leave the…
By Thomas Wright In off-the-record conversations with outsiders, the Trump administration’s senior national-security officials all stay in the mainstream of U.S. foreign policy. They recognize the threat from Russia, often…