Using military force to project strength thus carries both benefits and risks, and whether the tradeoff ultimately works in a president’s favor depends on whether the intervention decisively achieves ...

A basic premise unites most foreign policy thinking: power begets security. Because no global police force can respond in times of trouble, states must accumulate power to ensure their safety. They ...

Nation-states blend diplomacy with hard power to pursue their strategic interests abroad. One of the greatest military and diplomatic adversaries the U.S. deals with today is China. The United States ...