Nuclear Issues

Joseph Nye's new book rates the efforts of presidents from FDR to Trump.

Stephen Walt writes that the United States' unusual historical experience, geographic isolation, large domestic market, and general ignorance have weakened its ability to make viable foreign-policy strategies.

It seems unlikely that Russia will again possess the resources to balance U.S. power in the same way that the Soviet Union did during the four decades after World War II. But declining powers merit as much diplomatic attention as rising ones do. Joseph S. Nye worries that the United States lacks a strategy to prevent Russia from becoming an international spoiler.

Stephen Walt writes that critics of offshore balancing claim a more restrained U.S. foreign policy will breed insecurity.  He then debunks five of their arguments.

Stephen Walt describes the five things that worry him the most today.

Stephen Walt writes that the era of unilateralism is over—and Washington is the last to realize it.