October 7, 2025

Wess Mitchell Interviewed by CSIS President and CEO John J. Hamre

CSIS | Wess Mitchell is interviewed by CSIS' John Harme about U.S. diplomacy and his new book Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger.......
October 7, 2025

Ely Ratner Testifies Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

SFRC | Ely Ratner testifies in a SFRC Subcommittee Hearing about "Combatting the People's Republic of China's Illegal, Coercive, Aggressive, and Deceptive Behavior in the Indo-Pacific.".......
October 2, 2025

Sequencing Over Simultaneity: How to Avert a Two-Front War

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.........
September 26, 2025

Wess Mitchell Interviewed on School of War Podcast

School of War | Wess Mitchell is interviewed by Hudson Institute's Aaron MacLean about diplomacy and his upcoming book Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger......
September 17, 2025

Wess Mitchell Interviewed by Institut Montaigne

Institut Montaigne | Wess Mitchell is interviewed by Institut Montaigne about U.S. foreign policy and his forthcoming book Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger......
September 12, 2025

Ely Ratner Interviewed on CSIS’ The Impossible State Podcast

CSIS | Ely Ratner is interviewed by CSIS' Victor Cha about China's Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit and Victory Day Parade, as well as Beijing's recent engagement with Russia and North Korea........
September 3, 2025

Ely Ratner Quoted in CNN

CNN | "The Japanese weren’t there, the Europeans weren’t there, [Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi] was there for the [Tianjin summit] but he left before the parade, which I think was no accident"........
September 2, 2025

How to Understand Trump’s Russia Strategy

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......
July 23, 2025

Wess Mitchell Interviewed on War on the Rocks Podcast

War on the Rocks | War on the Rocks founder Ryan Evans interviews Wess Mitchell about sequencing in U.S. strategy..........
July 8, 2025

The State Department Overhaul Is Long Overdue

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.........