In the National Interest

  • Diplomacy in the Crosshairs (w/ Paul Saunders)

    Diplomacy in the Crosshairs (w/ Paul Saunders) Secretary of State Marco Rubio has released the Trump administration’s plans for reorganizing the State Department—a first step toward reducing what the White House calls a bloated and inefficient bureaucracy. The proposed reforms could reshape U.S. engagement with the world, ending America’s human rights advocacy, shuttering key diplomatic

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  • Trump’s Tariffs and Energy Market Turmoil (w/ Tatiana Mitrova)

    Trump’s Tariffs and Energy Market Turmoil (w/ Tatiana Mitrova) President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping new global tariffs last week sent shockwaves through international markets, igniting fears of economic slowdown and triggering retaliatory measures from major trading partners like China. The consequences are already reverberating through the global energy system: oil and gas prices are

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  • Rethinking American Grand Strategy (w/ Ionut Popescu)

    Rethinking American Grand Strategy (w/ Ionut Popescu) What should America’s grand strategy look like in a world shaped by resurgent great powers, regional conflict, and rising multipolarity? As China pushes to dominate the Asia-Pacific and Russia asserts itself in its near abroad, the stakes for global order—and for U.S. leadership—have never been higher. Meanwhile, the

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  • America First, Unbound? (w/ Curt Mills)

    America First, Unbound? (w/ Curt Mills) The second Trump administration is moving at breakneck speed to reshape American foreign policy, with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin holding an extended phone call on Tuesday over a provisional 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Trump continues to escalate threats of sweeping tariffs on foreign goods, rattling global markets

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  • Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Shake-Up (w/ Antonia Ferrier)

    Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy Shake-Up (w/ Antonia Ferrier) President Donald Trump has thrown another curveball into global politics, seemingly reversing course on Ukraine negotiations and threatening new sanctions on Russia in a Truth Social post—just as he hints at potential diplomatic talks with Tehran. Such abrupt shifts in recent weeks have left Washington and America’s

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