Matthew Kroenig


Matthew Kroenig is a columnist at Foreign Policy and vice president and senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and a professor in the Department of Government and the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. His latest book, with Dan Negrea, is We Win, They Lose: Republican Foreign Policy and the New Cold War.

Articles by Matthew Kroenig
Donald Trump and Joe Biden speak during the first presidential debate at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on Sept. 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Donald Trump and Joe Biden speak during the first presidential debate at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on Sept. 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, then-U.S. President Donald Trump and then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson onstage during the annual NATO heads of government summit on Dec. 4, 2019 in Watford, England.
Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg, then-U.S. President Donald Trump and then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson onstage during the annual NATO heads of government summit on Dec. 4, 2019 in Watford, England.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany on Feb. 17.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany on Feb. 17.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to U.S. talk show host Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin in Moscow on Feb. 6.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to U.S. talk show host Tucker Carlson at the Kremlin in Moscow on Feb. 6.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel carry a banner featuring a portrait of U.S. President Joe Biden in a Guantánamo prisoner uniform next to Iranian flags during a military rally in Tehran.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel carry a banner featuring a portrait of U.S. President Joe Biden in a Guantánamo prisoner uniform next to Iranian flags during a military rally in Tehran.
On a dark street at night, an Iranian protester waves a Palestinian flag and holds a portrait of slain top Iranian commander Qassem Suleimani during a demonstration in Tehran
On a dark street at night, an Iranian protester waves a Palestinian flag and holds a portrait of slain top Iranian commander Qassem Suleimani during a demonstration in Tehran
A picture taken during an organized tour by Yemen's Houthi rebels shows the Galaxy cargo ship, seized by Houthi fighters, docked in a port on the Red Sea in the Yemeni province of Hodeida, on Nov. 22, 2023.
A picture taken during an organized tour by Yemen's Houthi rebels shows the Galaxy cargo ship, seized by Houthi fighters, docked in a port on the Red Sea in the Yemeni province of Hodeida, on Nov. 22, 2023.
Members of the Mandalay People's Defense Forces, wearing camouflage and holding guns, head to the frontline down a road lined with greenery and flowers amid clashes with the Myanmar military.
Members of the Mandalay People's Defense Forces, wearing camouflage and holding guns, head to the frontline down a road lined with greenery and flowers amid clashes with the Myanmar military.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave after holding a press conference at the White House in Washington.
U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leave after holding a press conference at the White House in Washington.
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.
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.
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.
Refugees stand in the back of a truck after crossing the border near Kornidzor on Sept. 28. More than 65,000 Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia.
Refugees stand in the back of a truck after crossing the border near Kornidzor on Sept. 28. More than 65,000 Armenians have fled Nagorno-Karabakh for Armenia.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed following the G-20 meeting on Sept. 13 in New Delhi, India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed following the G-20 meeting on Sept. 13 in New Delhi, India.