Shadow Government 2017-2021
List of Shadow Government 2017-2021 articles
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani addresses lawmakers in Tehran on Sep. 3. The Next U.S. President Should Make a New Deal with Iran
If Democrats win in 2020, they should work with America’s regional allies to strike a new nuclear agreement while showing zero tolerance for Tehran’s regional destabilization campaign.
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NASA avionics technician Lauren Prinski looks out the window of a research aircraft before takeoff from Thule Air Base in Greenland on March 30, 2017. Here’s How Trump Should Have Approached Greenland
The United States can build on its strategic toehold without buying the entire country.
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An Afghan boy looks on in a damaged house near the site of an attack in Kabul on July 29, a day after the deadly assault targeting a political campaign office. The U.S. Shouldn’t Stumble Out of Afghanistan
Letting the country unravel isn't an exit strategy.
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Representative John Ratcliffe, Republican of Texas, listens as former Special Counsel Robert Mueller testifies in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2019. Trump Might Not Need an Intelligence Chief
But the rest of the country definitely does.
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A trompe l’oeil shows two workers painting the European Union flag on the side of a building in Paris on May 23. Europe Is Back
Long deemed strategically irrelevant by the United States, the EU is poised to become a major geopolitical power. Washington should take note.
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Saudi Minister of State Mohammed al-Shaikh arrives for the second day of a U.S.-sponsored Middle East economic conference in Bahrain on June 26. Gulf-Israel Ties Might Not Survive Trump’s Peace Plan
A political program that does not envision statehood for the Palestinians could reverse the Gulf Arab states’ tentative warming toward Israel.
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Acting U.S. Secretary of Defence Mark Esper in Brussels on June 27. An Acting Secretary of Defense Isn’t Enough
Amid tensions between Washington and Tehran, the U.S. Department of Defense needs a Senate-confirmed leader.
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Palestinians in Gaza City protest against the U.S.-sponsored Middle East economic conference in Bahrain on June 26. Trump Should Scrap His Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan and Focus on Gaza
The White House’s fantasy proposal is bound to fail.
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The stage for the first U.S. Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida, on June 26, Democrats Face a Defense Spending Conundrum
The U.S. foreign-policy establishment shouldn’t balk at pledges to roll back national security commitments.
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Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Dec. 4, 2013. How Democrats Can Get Tough on China—Without Imitating Trump
The current White House has legitimate concerns but counterproductive solutions.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, left, welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran on June 12. Maximum Pressure on Iran Means Maximum Risk of War
Trump’s strategy is creating a crisis, not solving one.
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U.S. President Donald Trump announces his intention to pull out of the Paris climate agreement, outside the White House on June 1, 2017. Leaving the Paris Agreement Is a Bad Deal for the United States
Trump’s plan to quit the accord would provide serious cover for major emitters like China and India.
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Iranian demonstrators carry a portrait of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and an effigy of U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Tehran on May 10. There Is Still Time for Diplomacy With Iran
The risk of war has risen. But a diplomatic solution remains likely.
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U.S. and Chinese flags at the Qingdao free trade port area in China's Shandong province on May 8. Here’s What a Progressive China Strategy Would Look Like
Trump’s trade war won’t put Washington on strong footing to compete with Beijing.
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Iranian troops in the Strait of Hormuz celebrate National Persian Gulf Day on April 30. Trump’s Iran Policy Is Becoming Dangerous
Growing evidence suggests the U.S. president is traveling a path toward war—whether he knows it or not.
