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Imprimis | Diplomacy is an instrument of strategy that great powers use to survive and gain an advantage in competition with other powerful states...........
The Interpreter | The three uncomfortable truths that Australia needs to confront about the gap between perception and reality...........
Foreign Policy | Ignore the critics. The logic of consolidation that defines the new National Security Strategy is eminently sensible.......
Washington Post | The island is making leaps in military spending and acting with greater focus than ever before........
Princeton University Press | Wess Mitchell analyzes the history of diplomacy, and provides an urgent reminder of why we need to revive its lost art in a dangerous era of great power competition...........
War on the Rocks | America’s crippling strikes against Iran’s nuclear program in June have created a narrow window to avoid a strategic nightmare: namely, fighting China, Russia, and Iran all at once.........
Korean Institute for Defense Analysis | Wess Mitchell presents a U.S. perspective on Indo-Pacific security affairs........
The National Interest | The recent hardening of Russian president Vladimir Putin’s position on Ukraine has led some critics to claim that the Trump meeting in Anchorage was a waste of time......
Foreign Policy | The State Department is in urgent need of reform. Over the past three decades, it has expanded its remit into countless functions and causes that are well outside its core mission. This is not just an inefficient use of taxpayer resources.........
Washington Post | The “simultaneity problem,” as it’s known in military circles, has been the most serious grand strategic challenge facing the United States for some time now.........