Emma Ashford

Emma Ashford is a columnist at Foreign Policy and a senior fellow with the Reimagining U.S. Grand Strategy program at the Stimson Center, an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University, and the author of Oil, the State, and War.

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Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (standing) points at a map of the Sinai Peninsula during a meeting with President Gerald R. Ford (C) Congressional Leaders in the Cabinet Room on Sept. 4, 1975.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger (standing) points at a map of the Sinai Peninsula during a meeting with President Gerald R. Ford (C) Congressional Leaders in the Cabinet Room on Sept. 4, 1975.

Did Henry Kissinger Further U.S. National Interests or Harm Them?
It's Debatable
Emma Ashford, Matthew Kroenig
Blinken in Israel
Blinken in Israel

Is the U.S. Using All Its Leverage in Gaza?
It's Debatable
Emma Ashford, Matthew Kroenig
President Joe Biden addresses the United States on the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.
President Joe Biden addresses the United States on the conflict between Israel and Hamas and the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C.

How Many Wars Can America Fight at the Same Time?
It's Debatable
Emma Ashford, Matthew Kroenig
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable with Jewish community leaders on Oct. 11 in Washington.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a roundtable with Jewish community leaders on Oct. 11 in Washington.

Has Washington’s Middle East Policy Failed?
It's Debatable
Emma Ashford, Matthew Kroenig
Numerous national flags are seen in front of the United Nations Office on June 8, 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.
Numerous national flags are seen in front of the United Nations Office on June 8, 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Yes, the World Is Multipolar
Response
Emma Ashford, Evan Cooper
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