Project on International Order and Strategy

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during a NATO summit in Brussels, Belgium, July 11, 2018. Reuters photographer Francois Lenoir: "I like the contrast in the photograph. The presence of U.S. President Trump posing smiling and the lack of interest of the officials in the background." REUTERS/Francois Lenoir SEARCH "TRUMP POY" FOR FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "REUTERS POY" FOR ALL BEST OF 2018 PACKAGES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY. - RC1B4F951220

U.S. Foreign Policy

5 ways the U.S. retreated from the world stage under Trump this year

Ted Piccone

December 26, 2018

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Order from Chaos

‘America First’ is only making the world worse. Here’s a better approach.

Antony J. Blinken and Robert Kagan

Friday, January 4, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump flanked by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly attend a lunch with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and officials at the Istana in Singapore June 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1DD6963FF0

Order from Chaos

How Trump’s management of his team hurts his own foreign policy

Elizabeth N. Saunders

Thursday, December 13, 2018

Experts

Women eat watermelons at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California April 10, 2015. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson - GF10000055583

Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Mar 17, 2019; Nashville, TN, USA; A member of the Bridgestone Arena crew sweeps confetti off the court after a win by the Auburn Tigers over the Tennessee Volunteers in the SEC conference tournament championship game at Bridgestone Arena. Mandatory Credit: Christopher Hanewinckel-USA TODAY Sports - 12368716

Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

Robert Kagan

Stephen & Barbara Friedman Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Project on International Order and Strategy

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Research

International Affairs

Competitive multilateralism

Bruce Jones, Jeffrey Feltman, and Will Moreland

September 2019

China

Rethinking US-China competition: Next generation perspectives

Tarun Chhabra, Rush Doshi, Ryan Hass, Mira Rapp-Hooper, Bruce Jones, and Will Moreland

June 2019

Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina November 30, 2018. Picture taken November 30, 2018. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. - RC1AB6752940

Report

The strongmen strike back

Robert Kagan

March 2019

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Events

2019

Mar

Past Event

Digital technology in the age of artificial intelligence: A comparative perspective

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

World order without America?

9:30 AM - 11:00 AM EST

Financial tools for US policy toward Nicaragua and Venezuela: A conversation with Treasury Assistant Secretary Marshall Billingslea

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

Washington, DC

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Blog Posts

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump stands with former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani before their meeting at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., November 20, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - S1AEUNZGGLAB

Order from Chaos

The Yes-Men have taken over the Trump administration

Thomas Wright

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives to testify as part of the U.S. House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into U.S. President Trump led by the House Intelligence, House Foreign Affairs and House Oversight and Reform Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott - RC1D765CC9B0

Order from Chaos

How much have Trump’s dealings with Ukraine deviated from the presidential norm?

James Goldgeier and Elizabeth N. Saunders

Friday, November 1, 2019

Order from Chaos

Highlights: Experts discuss the domestic drivers and strategic implications of an increasingly global China

Scarlett Ho

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

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Books

A man fills out a voting ballot at P.S. 20 during the midterm election in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1E6D84B670

Order from Chaos

Democrats must act now to deter foreign interference in the 2020 election

Thomas Wright

Friday, October 4, 2019

Russia

Exporting digital authoritarianism

Alina Polyakova

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

A helicopter preparing to drop water over the Wallow wildfire flies near an American flag in Eagar, Arizona June 5, 2011. Firefighters battling the raging wildfire in eastern Arizona made slight progress in preventing the spread of a blaze that has charred over 150,000 acres of prime forest, officials said on Sunday. More than 1,300 firefighters from across the nation are trying to contain the fire to protect several small mountain communities and stop the stubborn wildfire, burning about 250 miles northeast of Phoenix. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E7660TA401

On The Record

Book review: “The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World”

Robert Kagan

Tuesday, September 17, 2019