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Don’t Assume They Got It Right

When Congress Stops Deciding

Lindsay Chervinsky on Washington, Adams, and Inventing the Presidency

Nadia Schadlow on Strategy, the Gray Zone, and the Hard Work of Implementation

Benjamin Converse on Judgment, Motivated Reasoning, and Democratic Uncertainty

Jonathan Martin on Trump, the Democratic Party, Political Journalism, and the Future of American Politics

Jennifer Kavanagh on Restraint, Retrenchment, and the Limits of American Primacy

Steve Clemons on Strategic Narcissism, American Leverage, and the Judgment Journalism Still Requires

Rick Atkinson on Washington, War, and the Discipline of Writing History

Ambassador Daniel Fried on NATO Enlargement, the Free World Strategy, and the X Factor in Diplomacy

Leon Panetta on Leadership, Fiscal Discipline, and the Lost Art of Governing

Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins on Nuclear Rearmament, AI Risk, and Why Public Service Still Matters

Tyson Barker on U.S.-European Risk, Mentorship, Languages, and Planning for Uncertainty

John Haltiwanger on Foreign Policy Reporting, Integrity, and What Comes Next

Richard Haass on Ukraine, China, and the Price of Rewarding Aggression

Craig Volden on Effective Lawmaking, Policy Diffusion, and the Science of Politics

Ambassador Lisa J. Kubiske on Diplomacy, Judgment, and the Reality of Foreign Service Work

Donald Green on Field Experiments, Voting, and Making an Intellectual Contribution

Michael O’Hanlon on America’s Restless Defense Strategy, the Myth of Isolationism, and Protecting Time for Real Research

Hans Noel on Where Parties Come From, What Polarization Really Is, and How to Stay Realistic Without Going Numb

Mara Karlin on War’s Long Shadow, the Cost of Deterrence, and How Young People Can Learn to Decide

Desh Girod on Puerto Rico, Foreign Aid, and the Paradox of “Restoration”

Daniel Schuman on Modernizing Congress, Transparency, and Rebuilding the First Branch

Sarah Kreps on AI, Drones, Guardrails, and the New National Security

Zack Cooper on Denial, Crisis Stability, and Being “Useful” Early

Paul Poast on Alliance Credibility, the Political Economy of Security, and How to Think Like a Scholar

Mayor Quinton Lucas on Campaigns, the Rapid-Response Era, and Why Local Government Still Matters

Ambassador Michael Battle on Ministry, Diplomacy, and Translating Reality Back to Washington

Ambassador Rick Barton on Peaceful Democratic Change, Early Warning, and the Venture Capital of Peacebuilding

Yuval Levin on Institutions, Influence, and the Difference Between Expression and Action

Adam Gallagher on USIP, Threat Inflation, and the Craft of Foreign Policy Writing

Jonathan Rose on What Diplomacy Really Looks Like, Crisis Decisions, and the Costs of Serving Abroad

Ambassador Christopher R. Hill on Leadership, Career Service, and the Craft of Diplomacy

Consul General Rodolphe Sambou on French Diplomacy, Louisiana, and Optimism for the Future