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Paul Poast

Washington's 'China Consensus' Masks a Deeper Debate

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Paul Poast unpacks various arguments about whether China's rise poses an actual threat to the United States.

President Joe Biden Meets with China's President President Xi Jinping
Doug Mills / AP
US Foreign Policy

The G7 Could Be in Its Death Throes—again

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Paul Poast evaluates the future of the grouping as it holds its 50th meeting.

G7 leaders meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
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Global Politics

We’re Still Living in the World That D-Day Made

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Paul Poast unpacks how the Normandy invasion shaped international politics in the 20th century and its impact still today.

British World War II veteran John King is greeted by a young girl in Normandy
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US Foreign Policy

The World’s Shifting Populations Will Define International Politics

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

"Demographic changes will be the key driver of global competition over the next century and beyond," Paul Poast writes.

People rush to catch their train in Beijing to return home for the Chinese lunar new year
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Global Politics

Biden’s Response to the ICC Undermined His Own Foreign Policy

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

President Biden's dismissive response undercuts his efforts to rebuild the perceived strength of international institutions, Paul Poast argues.

President Joe Biden pauses during a speech
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US Foreign Policy

Israel Has Found the Limit of Its 'Special Relationship' with the US

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

The Biden administration will "not abandon Israel, but it is also tired of being associated with its military incompetence," Paul Poast writes.

President Joe Biden listens as he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participate in an expanded bilateral meeting
Evan Vucci / AP
US Foreign Policy

What We Don’t Know about Nuclear Deterrence Could Hurt Us

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Paul Poast

"The deterrent value of nuclear weapons is unproven and in many ways unprovable, ultimately making them a gamble," Paul Poast argues.

what North Korea says are rocket drills that simulate a nuclear counterattack
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Defense and Security

Pro-Palestinian Student Protests Spread from US to Europe

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VOA
Paul Poast

Nonresident Fellow Paul Poast joins VOA to unpack the recent protests against Israel's war in Gaza sweeping college campuses.

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The 'Responsibility to Protect' Was Doomed to Fail

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

When the states with the power to intervene are also the ones that decide when to use it, it creates the possibility of selective neglect, Paul Poast writes.

A broken US flag in the US Embassy in Tripoli, Libya
Francois Mori / AP
US Foreign Policy

Johnson’s Reversal Could Signal a Lasting Shift on US Aid to Ukraine

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World Politics Review
Paul Poast

Paul Poast explores why House Speaker Mike Johnson might have shifted course on Ukraine and what it means for US aid moving forward.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson arrives to speak with reporters to discuss his proposal to send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
J. Scott Applewhite / AP
US Foreign Policy