An Evolving Agenda for the Quad
…the 4th Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting”, February 11, 2022, https://www.mea.gov.in/bilateral-documents.htm?dtl/34854/Joint+statement+by+the+Foreign+Ministers+of+Australia+India+and+Japan+and+the+Secretary+of+State+of+the+United+States+following+the+4th+Quad+Foreign+Ministers+Meeting. However, with ongoing discussions about the “endemic” and the world beginning to “learn to live with COVID-19,” Quad pandemic cooperation…
Politics & Ethics in the Mobilization of Social Science for National Security
…the Office of Strategic Services—the nation’s first foreign intelligence agency and the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency—political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, and historians working in the Office of Strategic Services…
India’s Visa Policy Can Better Reflect “Neighborhood First”
…as an international tourist hub as it attracts less than one percent of foreign travelers every year. This indicates that despite significant steps taken towards liberalizing India’s visa policy in recent years,…
The First Annual “Build a Better US Foreign Policy” Competition
The Stimson Center’s Reimagining US Grand Strategy program concluded its first annual student competition, which challenged undergraduates to submit innovative policy proposals to improve U.S. foreign policy. The first-place winner…
How its Arab neighbours can help to build the new Iraq
…role of the foreign minister in leading foreign policy and helping set priorities could be affected. For several years, while the politicians were preoccupied with internal matters, the congenial Kurdish…
China’s Conflict Mediation in Afghanistan
…the Central Foreign Affairs Commission (Yang Jiechi), foreign minister (Wang Yi), the director-general of Asian Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Luo Zhaohui, Wu Jianghao), and both Hu Jintao…
Gordon Adams quoted in Politico on Trump’s selection of generals for foreign and security policy positions
…officials worried that the president-elect will be relying too heavily on military leaders to shape foreign and security policy. Not that Trump’s candidates aren’t qualified — in particular, his choice…
Is a Changing Saudi Arabia Eager for Trump – or Not?
In mid-November, just a few weeks after the U.S. elections, I traveled to Saudi Arabia on a fact-finding trip organized by the Council on Foreign Relations. My fellow participants on…