Robert A. Manning

Robert A. Manning is a senior fellow of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council. He served as a senior counselor to the undersecretary of state for global affairs from 2001 to 2004, as a member of the U.S. Department of State Policy Planning Staff from 2004 to 2008, and on the National Intelligence Council’s Strategic Futures Group from 2008 to 2012. Follow him on Twitter at: @Rmanning4

Stories by Robert A. Manning

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves to a crowd in Dong Dang, Vietnam on March 2. (Carl Court/Getty Images)

Donald Trump Can Still Forge a Viable Nuke Deal With Kim Jong Un

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Robert A. Manning

April 16, 2019, 4:42 PM

U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province on July 7. (Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images)

The United States Needs an Afghanistan Exit Strategy

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Robert A. Manning

October 5, 2018, 2:16 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump (C), Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R), and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (L) pose for photos before attending the Northeast Asia Security Dinner at the U.S. Consulate General in Hamburg, Germany, July 6, 2017.

With North Korea, Good Intentions Aren’t Enough

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Robert A. Manning

June 26, 2018, 8:49 AM

The China Maldives Friendship Bridge, under contusion in Malé, the capital of the Maldives, on Feb. 8. (AFP/Getty Images)

Is Abdulla Yameen Handing Over the Maldives to China?

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Robert A. Manning, Bharath Gopalaswamy

March 21, 2018, 5:19 PM

A loaded cargo ship in Shanghai on Dec. 6, 2017. (AFP/Getty Images)

Will Global Trade Survive 2018?

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Robert A. Manning

January 5, 2018, 5:17 PM

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