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Bracing for Trump 2.0

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Foreign Affairs
Daniel W. Drezner

"Many global actors are anxious about the 2024 US presidential election," writes Nonresident Senior Fellow Dan Drezner in Foreign Affairs.

Donald Trump places hand over heart in front of a crowd in Waco, TX, podium with a sign bearing his name at right.
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US Foreign Policy

China's Ambitions and George Kennan's Legacy

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Security Dilemma
Paul Heer

Paul Heer weighs in on how Xi Jinping thinks and what role the intelligence community should play in foreign policy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on screen at the Museum of the Communist Party of China
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US Foreign Policy

Trump Didn’t Invent Isolationism

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Foreign Policy
Jordan Tama

History suggests the Republican Party will continue to argue over foreign policy beyond the MAGA era.

Former President Donald Trump stepping off his plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on August 24, 2023.
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US Foreign Policy

Watching US Military Assistance in Africa Go up in Smoke

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Crashing the War Party
Coauthors

Elizabeth Shackelford and Emma Sanderson join the podcast to unpack a new report on why US-Africa policy isn't working.

Nigerian special forces and Chadian troops participate with US advisors in the Flintlock exercise
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US Foreign Policy

The Risk of Framing Geopolitics as Us vs. Them

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Jurist
Elizabeth Shackelford

Leaning into the binary distinction between autocracies and autocracies doesn't seem to serve US interests, Elizabeth Shackelford writes.

toy soldiers on a map
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US Foreign Policy

Diplomacy and Africa

In the News
Security Dilemma
Elizabeth Shackelford

Elizabeth Shackelford joins the podcast to discuss conflict in Somalia, the coup in Niger, and tensions in Southern Africa.

Nigerien national guardsmen sit outside the customs offices in Niamey
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US Foreign Policy

Biden's Foreign Policy Looks an Awful Lot like Trump's

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

US foreign policy under Biden is being built on a foundation established by his predecessor, Paul Poast argues.

Biden stands in front of the NATO flag
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US Foreign Policy

Trump and The "Elites vs. The Deplorables"

In the News
The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table
Daniel W. Drezner

What does wealth inequality have to do with support for former president Trump? Nonresident Senior Fellow Dan Drezner explores the issue.

Crowd cheers and holds up "Trump 2024" signs, woman in a white jacket in the foreground with arms raised.
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US Foreign Policy

Sahel in Crisis: Niger's Coup and the Failure of Western Intervention

Podcast
Deep Dish on Global Affairs Podcast

Explore the Sahel's alarming pattern of coups as we unravel the threads behind Niger's recent crisis.

With the headquarters of the ruling party burning in the back, supporters of mutinous soldiers demonstrate in Niamey, Niger, Thursday, July 27 2023.
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Defense and Security

GOP Candidates Spar over Funding the Ukraine War

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The Conversation
Jordan Tama

Will the Republican Party stand for international engagement, democracy and freedom? Or will Republicans adopt a narrower, inward-looking vision?

Republican presidential candidates stand onstage during the first Republican primary presidential debate on August 23, 2023.
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US Foreign Policy