In June 2003, I traveled to Baghdad as part of a civilian team of policy analysts who were experts in post-conflict reconstruction. We were the first independent civilian team allowed to visit. In the wake of weeks of hostilities, with the US and coalition forces still in Phase 3 Operations mode, the scene on the […]
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This past November’s meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping seemed to create a genuine, if tentative, thaw in US-China relations. Four months later, however, ties are rapidly deteriorating. Last month, the sighting of a Chinese surveillance balloon over US territory scuttled a visit that Secretary of State Antony Blinken had…
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This essay won the Stimson Center’s “Build a Better US Foreign Policy” student competition. The…
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