Ambassador is a former U.S. special representative for Syria engagement and former U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Iraq; from 2013-2018 he was the Philip Solondz Distinguished Fellow at The Washington Institute. He currently chairs the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program.
Articles & Testimony
No president has faced challenges like this since Reagan, and the patterns of the past thirty years are no longer a guide.
The apparent shift by the Trump Administration towards more traditional foreign policy has been welcomed by many inside, and more outside, of the U.S., as the global security system depends on a strong American role. Nevertheless, even a more 'normal' Trump foreign policy harbors risks, known and unknown. The known ones concern his unique way of conducting policy. The unknowns are the new threats that likely render traditional foreign policy inadequate and will sorely test Trump's team....
