A co-authored article by Thomas Christensen (“Taiwan and the True Sources of Deterrence,” linked here) was the subject of an exchange of letters in the January/February issue of Foreign Affairs. The exchange is titled, “Scared Strait,” and is available online here.
Gideon Rose had a new review essay in the March/April issue of Foreign Affairs titled, “How Iraq Happened: Washington’s Fateful Misreading of Saddam.” In the essay, he reviews Steve Coll’s book The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq. You can read the review online here.
Elizabeth Saunders had an article in the March/April issue of Foreign Affairs titled, “Politics Can’t Stop at the Water’s Edge: The Right Way to Fight Over Foreign Policy.” You can read it online here.
Rajan Menon had an opinion piece published on MSNBC titled “The U.S. has to respond to the attack in Jordan. But it shouldn’t attack Iran.” You can read it here.
Thomas Christensen had an article in the 75th anniversary issue of World Politics. Titled, “Mutually Assured Disruption: Globalization, Security, and the Dangers of Decoupling,” the article focuses on the national security benefits of US-China economic engagement and the regional economic integration of East Asia. You can read the article online here.
Stephen Biddle’s published an essay on the Ukraine War in Foreign Affairs. Titled “How Russia Stopped Ukraine’s Momentum: A Deep Defense is Hard to Beat,” it argues that for now, the best explanation for the failure of Ukraine’s summer offensive is Russia’s adoption of an orthodox defense-in-depth of the kind that has historically been very hard for […]
