Transition 2016

The Transition 2016 Project will inform presidential transition teams and ensure that the peaceful transition of power in January 2017 is well managed. Presidential transition teams influence the effectiveness, capacity and success of presidential administrations. In addition to selecting who will fill key staff positions across the executive branch, the deliberations and ultimate choices a transition team makes have serious implications for the scope and direction of public policy.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks to Department of State employees upon arrival at the Department of State in Washington, U.S., February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTX2ZCUA

U.S. Foreign Policy What Tillerson got right—and wrong—in his speech at State

Tamara Cofman Wittes

February 7, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump signs his first executive orders in the Oval Office in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTSWLUX

U.S. Foreign Policy Seven Trump foreign policy assumptions

Daniel L. Byman

January 23, 2017

China's President Xi Jinping looks on during a meeting with Laos' Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith (not seen) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, December 1, 2016. REUTERS/ Nicolas Asouri/Pool - RTSU5K1

China Trump’s misguided brinkmanship on China

Richard C. Bush

January 14, 2017

Rex Tillerson, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Exxon Mobil, testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on his nomination to be U.S. secretary of state in Washington, U.S. January 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX2YJ3F

U.S. Foreign Policy Most of Tillerson’s answers help, but a dodge stirs anxiety

Strobe Talbott

January 13, 2017

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