Charged Affairs Fall 2017 Content Call
Prompt: Sixteen years later, the war in Afghanistan rages on with no clear end in sight. What can the international community do to achieve an enduring solution while denying terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan? We believe that...
Deterrence Can Protect Our Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattack
A sophisticated computer virus swept through Ukraine in June, wreaking havoc on systems serving the private sector and shutting down critical civil infrastructure – locking several government ministries out of their files,...
The Con-Artists Guiding U.S. Foreign Policy
Just like the global economy, the media, and party politics, foreign policy is largely run by a cadre of wealthy and highly educated elites who attract the criticism of outsiders. Not all criticism is created equal however, with...
Putin’s Not Pausing for a Victory Lap
On May 17 Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as Special Counsel in charge of the FBI investigation into Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election “and related...
Mattis Shouldn’t Steer Trump’s Foreign Policy Ship
In a presidential administration veritably stuffed with characters, retired four-star General James Mattis, who serves as Secretary of Defense, remains one of the most studied though least understood personalities. An original...
Transcript and Audio: Charged Affairs’ Conversation with Andrew Selee, Executive VP of the Wilson Center
Charge Affairs’ Senior Staff Writer Benjamin Dills sat down with Andrew Selee, Executive Vice President of the Wilson Center, to talk about the evolving role of nonpartisan institutions in foreign policy dialogue in the United...
Breaking Down the Trumpian Foreign Policy Realignment
Donald Trump has sown disagreement and division in the American electorate like few other presidential candidates, much less presidents, in the history of the United States. Amidst this widespread disagreement, however, the...
Divergent Views: Donald Trump and his nominees’ opposing takes on U.S. foreign policy
In the week before the inauguration each member of President Donald Trump’s cabinet underwent Senate hearings. As soon-to-be Secretaries and Directors, they were asked to defend their positions on not just a handful of minor...
Building a Climate-Ready Military
In the past decade, there has been increasing recognition within the national security establishment that climate change is a national security issue. The 2010 and 2014 Quadrennial Defense Reviews, flagship documents by the...
Towards Building a Palestinian State in 2017
Last month, the U.S. abstained on United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution 2334. The resolution critically condemned the construction of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, which much of the...