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Trump's Rejection of WHO and Other Global Pacts Leaves America on Its Own

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

President Trump’s announcement that he would terminate U.S. membership in the World Health Organization is but the latest in a long list of decisions he has made to walk away from international institutions and agreements.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions as he addresses the daily coronavirus task force briefing in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 15, 2020
Reuters
US Foreign Policy

Vox Populi: What Americans Think About Foreign Policy

In the News
Carnegie Council Podcasts
Dina Smeltz

Dina Smeltz shares survey results covering the role that Americans think the United States should be playing in the world.

An American flag curls over a map of Eastern Europe.
iStock
US Foreign Policy

America Needs a New North Korea Strategy

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National Interest
Matthew Abbott

One should not be naïve about the actions, intentions, or record of the North Korean leadership. But one should also not be naïve that the current impasse with North Korea is likely to continue unless creative, long-term thinking and different approaches to US-North Korea relations are brought to the table.

Kim and Trump shaking hands at the red carpet during the DPRK–USA Singapore Summit
The White House
US Foreign Policy

'Wartime' Leadership? Donald Trump Is No FDR

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The Chicago Tribune
Thomas G. Weiss

Among the most preposterous of delusions from our delusional president is that he is qualified to lead the country in the "war" against COVID-19. Could we imagine a contrast more ludicrous than that between the recycled reality-TV host and Franklin D. Roosevelt?

President Roosevelt examines a globe presented to him by the U.S. Army. December 25, 1942.
FDR Presidential Library & Museum
US Foreign Policy

Trump Calls the Coronavirus a 'Foreign Virus,' Exposing His Flawed Worldview

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

Viruses don't carry passports, and when they are as easily transmitted between humans as the novel coronavirus, they are going to spread around the world.

President Trump, joined by Vice President Pence, left, takes questions from reporters during a Coronavirus Task Force update at the White House, Feb. 29, 2020.
The White House
Global Health

Can 50 Years of Minimizing Nuclear Proliferation Continue?

In the News
New York Times
Ivo H. Daalder

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has mostly succeeded in keeping more countries out of the nuclear club. But as U.S. alliances fray, its future success is not assured.

An image of an atomic bomb test of the coast of the Marshall Islands
WikiImages
Defense and Security

Are the US and Europe Destined for Splitsville?

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Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The alliance between the United States and Europe is broken. That much became clear over three days of intensive discussions in Munich in February 2020.

President Trump at Davos
President Trump at Davos
US Foreign Policy

Americans Aren't as Eager to Retreat From the Middle East as Politicians Seem to Think

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The Hill
Coauthors

Presidential candidates and the President are overstating Americans’ desire for a full-scale retreat from the Middle East.

M2A2 Bradley IFVs of the 4th Battalion, 118th Infantry Regiment, attached to 218th MEB, accompany a U.S. patrol in eastern Syria, 13 November 2019
United States Army
Defense and Security

Britain Sticks With Huawei for 5g — and Jeopardizes the Five Eyes Alliance

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

The Johnson government defied Washington and approved the use of Chinese technology as part of its 5G network.

A Huawei sign at a conference.
Matti Blume
Global Economy

After Stirring up the Middle East, Trump Now Wants NATO's Help? That's Rich.

In the News
Chicago Tribune
Ivo H. Daalder

President Donald Trump has come up with a new solution for the Middle East, “I think that NATO should be expanded, and we should include the Middle East."

President Trump Delivers Remarks on Iran
The White House
Defense and Security