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  The NATO Summit

  On May 23, the Center for the National Interest hosted a panel discussion in advance of the NATO Summit in Brussels. Speakers included Kurt Volker, executive director of the McCain Institute and a former U.S. ambassador to NATO and career diplomat with extensive experience in the State Department and the National Security Council, Alexander Vershbow,

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• The NATO Summit

  President Donald Trump’s calls on NATO allies to do more, his earlier assertion that NATO is “obsolete,” and his willingness to explore a more cooperative U.S.-Russia relationship have provoked considerable discussion and debate surrounding America’s relationship with NATO and its other members. As the president’s first NATO summit, the May 25 Brussels meeting could prove

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  Destined for War?

  “Destined for War?” What are the scenarios that may lead to war between the world’s ruling power, the United States, and China, a rising power and America’s nearest rival? Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, contemplates how might the next great power war

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• Destined for War?

  On April 26, the Center for the National Interest hosted a lunch panel discussion with Professor Graham Allison on his new cover story in the National Interest magazine on China and America entitled “Destined For War?” Allison is the director of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center, the author of the important new book Destined

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  Trump’s Middle East

  On Monday, April 24, the Center for the National Interest hosted an event titled “Trump’s Middle East,” featuring speakers Philip Gordon, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a former Special Assistant to the President for the Middle East, North Africa, and the Gulf Region during the Obama administration, and Michael Singh,

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