Daniel Drezner

The president-elect's undiplomatic talk in recent days of reclaiming the Panama Canal — and annexing Greenland and even Canada — have some experts comparing his strategy to Nixon's "Madman Theory."

Kissinger's brand of realpolitik was delusional, amoral, and ruthless—and it persists today.

And Democrats flip a key state Senate seat in Virginia Beach.

President Biden says so. Some experts are skeptical.

Most public servants who move into the private sector do so honorably, but I've seen the minority who go money-grubbing with a gross sense of entitlement.

In proper Tetlockian fashion, I thought I would look back and consider how well IR experts did in the time leading up to the current war in Ukraine.  In particular, how many of them saw in advance that a war was coming?  And I don't mean a day or two before the war started, though […]

Perspectives on the forthcoming Trump presidency.

The former secretary of state's will had a few reveals, including that he died a very rich man.

From ancient Greece to modern Russia, sanctions are now the go-to option for policy-makers – so why do they so rarely achieve their aims?

The death of a legendary diplomat raises difficult questions about his legacy.

Trump's team thought the letter would help their case. Legal experts say it did the opposite.

The U.S. and its allies are going after the assets of Russia's billionaires. Will sanctioning them hurt Putin?

Brit Hume interjects to try and explain something.

Many now assume Trump's most extreme-sounding threats are bluffs. How sure are they?

Even without the Russian or Chinese leaders' presence at the G20 summit, their influence created challenges for President Biden, who drew on creative diplomacy to assert U.S. global leadership.

His reputation as a brilliant statesman is still intact — because the mainstream media avoids his real legacy

I get why Lance Reddick agreed to this.

The foreign lobbying scandal embroiling Washington's most venerable think tank.

Even when the U.S. is saber-rattling, our real foreign policy tool of choice is economic and diplomatic sanctions.

Trump's tariffs are set to make reshoring harder and trade deficits bigger.