BRIEF
The dominance dilemma: The American approach to NATO and its future
By Joshua Shifrinson, Non-Resident Fellow
Quincy Institute, 1/28/21

As the Biden administration moves full steam-ahead in restoring alliances abroad, a new QI brief challenges the underlying notion that alliances bring peace and cooperation rather than war and rivalry, and enhance U.S. security rather than burden it. Case study: NATO.

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Biden can’t restore American primacy — and shouldn’t try
By Stephen Wertheim, Deputy Director for Research & Policy
Foreign Affairs, 1/25/21

Four years ago, as Joe Biden prepared to leave the vice-presidency, he told the World Economic Forum that the United States would continue to lead the “liberal international order” and “fulfill our historic responsibility as the indispensable nation.” The years that followed were not kind to Biden’s assurances.

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Dark money think tanks dominate House Foreign Affairs witness list
By Eli Clifton, Investigative Journalist at Large
The American Prospect & Responsible Statecraft, 1/26/21

When expert witnesses appear before congressional committees, they should disclose details about their funding, including federal grants or contracts or money they’ve received from foreign governments.

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Biden must rethink the American way of war
By Rajan Menon, Non-Resident Fellow
Foreign Policy, 1/25/21

"You may not be interested in war,” it has often been said, “but war is interested in you.” Perhaps so, but Trotsky’s dictum hasn’t applied to the United States since January 1973, when the country replaced a draft-based military with an all-volunteer force. 

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