Jack Detsch

Jack Detsch was a staff writer at Foreign Policy from 2020-2024.

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A member of the airport personnel moves a trolley as they unload 60 tons of humanitarian supplies from USAID from a plane at the airport in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 2, 2014.
A member of the airport personnel moves a trolley as they unload 60 tons of humanitarian supplies from USAID from a plane at the airport in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 2, 2014.

Personnel Cuts Leave USAID With Skeleton Crew to Monitor Nearly $1 Billion of Aid Programs in Iraq

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Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he leaves Pennsylvania Hospital after a follow up appointment at the radiology department December 12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he leaves Pennsylvania Hospital after a follow up appointment at the radiology department December 12 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Progressives Try to Sway Biden on Top Foreign-Policy Jobs

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Jack Detsch
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley speaks with members of the military before the Medal of Honor ceremony for U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Thomas Payne, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 11.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley speaks with members of the military before the Medal of Honor ceremony for U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Thomas Payne, in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Sept. 11.

Top Pentagon General Meets With Taliban to Salvage Peace Deal

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Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump

U.S. Set to Finally Sanction Turkey for Buying Russian Arms

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Jack Detsch
President-elect Joe Biden listens as Linda Thomas-Greenfield, his choice to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at an event in Wilmington, Delaware on Nov. 24.
President-elect Joe Biden listens as Linda Thomas-Greenfield, his choice to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, speaks at an event in Wilmington, Delaware on Nov. 24.

What to Watch for as Biden Staffs Up

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Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch
A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone, the type of drone that could be sold to the United Arab Emirates, is seen at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on April 25, 2013.
A U.S. MQ-9 Reaper drone, the type of drone that could be sold to the United Arab Emirates, is seen at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico on April 25, 2013.

Senate Effort to Stop Trump Arms Sales to UAE Fails

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Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin
Retired U.S. Army Gen. Lloyd Austin

Biden Defends Choice of Austin for Defense Secretary

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Jack Detsch
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden holds a virtual meeting
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden holds a virtual meeting

The Virtual Transition

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Colum Lynch, Jack Detsch
Gen. Lloyd Austin
Gen. Lloyd Austin

Biden to Name Former General as Defense Secretary

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Robbie Gramer, Jack Detsch
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gestures to the media as he leaves the Queen Theater after participating in a virtual roundtable with frontline health care workers on Nov. 18, in Wilmington, Delaware.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gestures to the media as he leaves the Queen Theater after participating in a virtual roundtable with frontline health care workers on Nov. 18, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Progressives Target Biden Cabinet Picks

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Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer
U.S. President Donald Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump

Why Is Trump Threatening America’s Defense Budget?

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Jack Detsch
People wave Syrian national flags and pictures of President Bashar al-Assad
People wave Syrian national flags and pictures of President Bashar al-Assad

U.S. Fears Syria’s Assad Meddling in Fragile Lebanon

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Jack Detsch
A USAID mural, to commemorate the building of supportive walls and road shoulders, is pictured in the village of al-Badhan, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on August 25, 2018.
A USAID mural, to commemorate the building of supportive walls and road shoulders, is pictured in the village of al-Badhan, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on August 25, 2018.

Controversial Trump USAID Appointee Returns from Absence

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Jack Detsch, Colum Lynch
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin during an official ceremony in the Emirati capital's Al-Watan presidential palace on October 15, 2019.
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, welcomes Russian President Vladimir Putin during an official ceremony in the Emirati capital's Al-Watan presidential palace on October 15, 2019.

Pentagon Says UAE Possibly Funding Russia’s Shadowy Mercenaries in Libya

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Amy Mackinnon, Jack Detsch
U.S. President Donald Trump and then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis
U.S. President Donald Trump and then-Defense Secretary Jim Mattis

Pentagon Purges Leading Advisors From Defense Policy Board

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Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer
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