Emma Ashford
Bloomberg
Washington, DC, United States
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Biden’s Reversal on Gulf States Is the Wrong Kind of Realpolitik
In a futile attempt to lower gas prices, the president risks entangling the US further in a region it should be trying to exit. Reviving the Iran nuclear deal would be smarter. → Read More
The Problem With Being a Petrostate
Is the “oil weapon” largely nonexistent? → Read More
NATO Should Think Twice Before Accepting Finland and Sweden
Neither nation is in fear of a Russian invasion, and they may just free-ride off US security like other Europeans. → Read More
It’s Official: The Post-Cold War Era Is Over
Russian troops are attacking Ukraine. For so long, U.S. policymakers have grappled with how to prevent such a moment. Now, they must answer a different question. → Read More
U.S.-China Great-Power Competition Is a Recipe for Disaster
The latest poorly defined buzzword in Washington is leading pundits and policymakers down a dangerous path. → Read More
Contending With McMaster
Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from "Book Review Roundtable: Surveying H.R. McMaster’s 'Battlegrounds'" from our sister publication, the Texas National → Read More
Will the World Take the United States Seriously After the Capitol Invasion?
After a pro-Trump mob stormed Congress, Americans might have a harder time accomplishing their diplomatic goals from Europe to China. → Read More
The Lame Duck Is Lashing Out. Will Trump Try to Bomb Iran Before Biden Takes the Helm?
This is a lame-duck presidency unlike any other and the potential for surprises—and conflict—are high. → Read More
Biden Wants to Return to a ‘Normal’ Foreign Policy. That’s the Problem.
America can’t go back to being everywhere and solving every problem. → Read More
Is Belarus Putin’s Next Target?
As protests rock another post‐Soviet state, the Kremlin could be in an annexationist mood. → Read More
Are the United States and China Starting a New Cold War?
The clash between Washington and Beijing could be the start of a new ideological confrontation—or the inevitable fallout from a power transition. → Read More
America's Foreign Policy Consensus: Blob's Your Uncle?
The Cato Institute's Emma Ashford joins Melanie and Zack to discuss her recent article on how to "Build a Better Blob." They debate whether the foreign → Read More
Are Good Allies Hard to Find?
Well, are they? Mira Rapp-Hooper, Paul Miller, and Emma Ashford dazzle us with a wide-ranging debate on America's alliances, in part through the lens of → Read More
Is the U.S. Government Back in the Business of Regime Change?
What does a botched coup in Venezuela mean for Trump, is Putin’s coronavirus response a failure, and is there any hope for Iraq? → Read More
Updated Call for Proposals: Junior Scholars Symposium
In light of the coronavirus, we are extending the deadline for our third annual Junior Scholars Symposium, a paper workshop for graduate students on topics broadly related to international security and national security policy. → Read More
Foreign Policy is Much More Than a Liberal vs. Conservative Brawl
Colin Dueck, Age of Iron: On Conservative Nationalism (Oxford University Press, 2019) Nationalism – like power, empire, or hegemony – is one of → Read More
Call for Proposals: Junior Scholars Symposium
In October 2020, the Cato Institute will be hosting our third annual Junior Scholars Symposium, a paper workshop for graduate students on topics broadly related to international security and national security policy. → Read More
The Gentleman from Nebraska Misfires on America’s Foreign Policy Debate
Sen. Ben Sasse’s recent essay in the Texas National Security Review was met with some withering criticism on Twitter. Much of it depicted the article as → Read More
An Empire, If You Can Find It? American Hegemony and Imperial Control
Daniel Immerwahr, How to Hide an Empire (Farrar, Strous, and Giroux, 2019). The concluding words of Daniel Immerwahr’s new book should leave no one → Read More
WOTR Podcast: Fresh Voices on Grand Strategy
It's time to rejuvenate America's national debate on grand strategy. And that's just what we try to do in this latest episode, which was recorded at → Read More