Tag: Diplomacy
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US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory: From Nixon to Trump
What happens when a president convinces the world he might just do the unthinkable? In US Grand Strategy and the Madman Theory, James D. Boys argues that projecting calculated irrationality can terrify adversaries into submission, but at enormous risk. From Nixon’s secret Cold War gambits to Trump’s chaotic tweet-driven diplomacy, Boys explores how these two
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Center President Paul Saunders Discusses the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit on C-SPAN
President Donald Trump announced Friday he will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin next week in Alaska, part of his ongoing push to broker a ceasefire in the grinding, three-year Ukraine war. On Saturday, August 9, Center president Paul Saunders told C-SPAN’s Washington Journal that expectations should be tempered. “My expectations are limited,” Saunders said, noting
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Russia Courts North Korea: Implications for Europe and the Indo-Pacific
The deepening partnership between Russia and North Korea—fueled by Moscow’s global search for troops and weapons to sustain its invasion of Ukraine—carries profound security implications for both Europe and the Indo-Pacific region. Although Pyongyang has contributed relatively few soldiers compared to Russia’s large military force, their presence on Europe’s frontiers has raised alarm among policymakers
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Center Hosts Georgia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Levan Davitashvili
On April 23, the Center for the National Interest hosted an off-the-record dinner discussion with Georgia’s First Deputy Prime Minister Levan Davitashvili and a visiting delegation of senior Georgian officials. Moderated by Center board member and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Iraq, and Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad, the evening brought together a select group
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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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