New by Monica Toft: ENDING THE ENDLESS WARS: A STRATEGY FOR SELECTIVE...
A majority of U.S. veterans and the public do not believe the efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq were worth the sacrifice. Indeed, after nearly 20 years of overreliance on the U.S. military to fight...
View ArticleBiden and Europe Should Unite Against the Far Right
By Luke Barnes President Joseph R. Biden is keen to reset America’s relations with Western allies, which became severely strained during the previous administration of Donald J. Trump. Biden has...
View ArticleBiden’s Foreign Policy: Cooperation Is the Only Way Forward
By Nishan Kafle There is an unspoken consensus in the American establishment that the bedrock of U.S. foreign policy is sacrosanct and resists the whims of passing administrations. On issues of...
View ArticleDirector’s Welcome 2021-2022
by Monica Duffy Toft What a year it has been. Between pandemics, the ending of endless wars, and climate crises, it’s been a hard year for all of us as we manage our professional and personal...
View ArticleAfghanistan: A Sideshow in U.S. Grand Strategy
by James D. Boys Ending the U.S. mission in Afghanistan resulted in an outpouring of disbelief at what Tony Blair viewed as the policy’s “imbecilic” execution. Leaving Afghanistan was always going to...
View ArticleBiden’s First Year on the World Stage
By James D. Boys For over a year now, executive power in the United States has rested with Joe Biden. What can be gleaned from his first year in office regarding US foreign policy? Despite the joy...
View ArticleThe Roots of Washington’s Addiction to Military Force
By Monica Toft and Sidita Kushi: Over time, the United States has become comfortable using greater levels of force abroad. This was not the case at the country’s inception: in the first eras of...
View ArticleUS military spending in Ukraine reached nearly $50 billion in 2022
By Monica Duffy Toft: The U.S. Defense Department announced in early January 2023 that it is giving a further US $3.1 billion in military aid to Ukraine in support of its war against the Russian...
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Panel Discussion: How Has the Russia-Ukraine War Changed the International...
The Center for Strategic Studies and the Fletcher Eurasia and Russia Program hosted a panel discussion at the Fletcher School on February 27th to mark the first year of Russia’s mass invasion of...
View ArticleThe Lessons for Israel of America’s War in Afghanistan; How to Avoid a...
By Michael A. Cohen, Christopher Preble, and Monica Duffy Toft November 1st, 2023 As Israel mourned in the wake of the October 7 massacre of more than 1,400 citizens by Hamas terrorists, U.S....
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