In November 2020, two retired colleagues from the State Department, Ambassadors Marc Grossman and Marcie Ries, and I published a…
The United States is a nation of immigrants. For centuries, waves of migrants and refugees have arrived in America seeking economic…
Ten years after the onset of the Arab Spring, the Middle East and North Africa are torn between two visions of progress: a democratic one…
What are the consequences of women dying in combat? We study how women fighting on the frontlines of the military affects public attitudes…
Congress needs to repair the damage Trump has caused to the effectiveness and morale of the Foreign Service.
No federal Cabinet agency risks a greater financial hit in President Trump’s first budget than the oldest, the most senior and one of the…
We study whether war service by one generation affects service by the next generation in later wars, in the context of the major US…
The Cold War and decolonization transformed the twentieth century world. The book begins by exploring ideas of modernity, development, and…
After piling up trillions of dollars of war debt during the last decade, America seemed to be on the brink of a new era -- ready to shut…
The media storm engulfing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) misses the main story. The disability claims backlog, the scheduling…