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A flag outside of the United States Agency for International Development headquarters is seen on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images)

Commentary

USAID Should Be Retooled, Not Destroyed

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Sobolik

Feb 5, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat, US President Jimmy Carter, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin sit together outside the White House on March 26, 1979. (Wally McNamee/Corbis via Getty Images)

Podcast

Historical Analysis of America’s Relationship with the Jewish State

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Feb 5, 2025

Podcast

Nadia Schadlow appears on Memo to the President

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Pillars of American National Security Strategy

Nadia Schadlow

Senior Fellow

Nadia Schadlow

Jan 29, 2025

In the Media

United States President Donald Trump during his address at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on January 23, 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

Trump Keeps Davos Man Off-Balance

Walter Russell Mead

Ravenel B. Curry III Distinguished Fellow in Strategy and Statesmanship

Walter Russell Mead

Jan 27, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

This image grab shows one of the Israeli hostages exiting a vehicle to be handed over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) during the hostage-prisoner exchange operation in Saraya Square in western Gaza City on January 19, 2025. The Israeli military said the Red Cross had confirmed the handover of three hostages on January 19, the first to be released as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas. The Hostage and Missing Families Forum campaign group had identified the three women set to be relea

This image grab shows one of the Israeli hostages exiting a vehicle during the hostage-prisoner exchange in western Gaza City on January 19, 2025. (AFP via Getty Images)

In the Media

Hamas Is Bloodthirsty and Cruel

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Jan 21, 2025

In the Media

Senator and Mrs. John Kennedy are greeted by Perle Mesta. (Getty Images)

Commentary

The Woman Who Knew Everyone Review: Her Glamorous Guest Lists

Melanie Kirkpatrick

Senior Fellow

Melanie Kirkpatrick

Jan 21, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

(Screenshot via News Nation)

In the Media

Trump’s TikTok U-Turn

Michael Sobolik

Senior Fellow (Nonresident)

Michael Sobolik

Jan 20, 2025

In the Media

President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he and first lady Melania Trump prepare to depart the White House on January 24, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura via Getty Images)

In the Media

How the Second Trump Administration Is Different from the First

Brigham A. McCown

Senior Fellow and Director, Initiative on American Energy Security

Brigham A. McCown

Jan 20, 2025

In the Media

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on June 27, 2017, in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong via Getty Images)

Commentary

Return of the Dealmaker

Mike Watson

Former Fellow

Mike Watson

Jan 18, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 15: Opposition Leader Peter Dutton arrives and walks behind Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese during post budget media interviews at Parliament House on May 15, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Australia's Labor government is grappling with a slowing economy, weaker commodity prices, soaring housing costs and a softening labor market. It unveiled its federal budget on May 14. The budget is seen as a key opportunity for the Labor government to deliver broad economic support

Opposition leader Peter Dutton arrives at Parliament House on May 15, 2024, in Canberra, Australia. (Tracey Nearmy via Getty Images)

Commentary

Sorry, PM, but Dutton Is More a Trump Kind of Guy

John Lee

Senior Fellow

John Lee

Jan 18, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

President Yoon Suk Yeol attends a hearing in his impeachment trial on January 21, 2025, in Seoul, South Korea. (Kim Hong-Ji via Getty Images)

Podcast

Trump-Xi Contest and South Korea’s Political Crisis

Patrick M. Cronin

Asia-Pacific Security Chair

Patrick M. Cronin

Jan 17, 2025

Podcast

People walk past traditional Russian matryoshka dolls bearing Russian and Soviet leaders in downtown Moscow on December 16, 2018. (Vasily Maximov/AFP via Getty Images)

Commentary

A Measure Short of War Review: The Geopolitics of Lying