Regional Views on U.S. Election Endgame - Part II
With a little over a week until the United States picks its next president, regional observers and editorials continue to worry over what has been an unpredictable and unconventional election season.
U.S. Politics
U.S. Politics
Visions of the World and the U.S. Role in It
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) | Senior Fellow, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University
Boston, Massachusetts
Chris has asked me to lay out the foreign policy issues the next president will face upon taking office this coming January. If you go by what each candidate has said, she or he just needs to kill a few foreign leaders and renegotiate some alliances and trade deals. But there are some ot
Regional Views on U.S. Election Endgame
Middle East Policy Council
The candidates for President of the United States of America have been making their cases before the U.S. electorate for a number of months now, including in three debates characterized more by their acrimonious exchanges than by substantial policy debates.
The Middle East and the Next Administration
The Middle East Policy Council's 86th Capitol Hill Conference has concluded. The full video and unedited transcript are available below. A policy brief derived from this event can be read here. The panel, held October 13, 2016, offered diverse perspectives on the challenges for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and opportunities for the next administration.
The Domestic Consequences of America’s Many Wars in the Middle East
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) | Senior Fellow, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University
Washington, DC
In just four weeks, as the press never tires of pointing out, Americans will elect “a new commander-in-chief.” But no one claims that we will elect a president able to govern, even if she or he commands our uniquely powerful military establishment. There is almost no rea
JASTA: Another Test for U.S.-Saudi Relations
Middle East Policy Council
The United States Congress has, for the first time in Barack Obama’s presidency, overridden a veto to open the way to a number of potential lawsuits by U.S. citizens against foreign governments.
The American Way of War Reconsidered
Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) | Senior Fellow, the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University
Washington, DC
I’m a retired diplomat. The late Arthur Goldberg, who served on our Supreme Court and as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, once said that “diplomats approach every question with an open . . .
Regional Perspectives on U.S. Election
Middle East Policy Council
With Labor Day around the corner and the U.S. presidential elections preparing to shift into a higher gear, many commentators and regional dailies are beginning to reflect on the state of the race and its implications for the United States and the Middle East.
America's Continuing Misadventures in the Middle East
Chas W. Freeman, Jr.
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Doomed to Succeed
Dennis Ross
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