The United Kingdom will now leave the European Union on Jan. 31, as scheduled. But it leaves open critical issues that will determine Britain's future.
People and process matter in foreign policy. They are essential to effective decision-making and even more to the effective implementation of the decisions that have been made.
Thirty years ago, the wall dividing Berlin and Europe came tumbling down and the Cold War, which had split Europe for more than four decades, had ended. Now, much of the hope and optimism that made this possible has disappeared.
All too often commentators on the American public and foreign policy conflate public weariness with foreign military intervention with a desire to disengage from global affairs.
After firing his first three national security advisors, President Donald Trump has just named a fourth, the most any president has had in his first term. Will Robert O'Brien be any more successful than the previous three?
A powerful belief has taken hold that Americans are exhausted from global overreach. Council President Ivo Daalder debunks the notion that Americans want to retreat from world affairs.
In less than three years, President Trump has had three national security advisers: a campaign aide with a checkered past, a respected general, and an ideologue with strong views apparently consonant with his own. All ultimately failed.
