Daniel DePetris

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Daniel DePetris
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Biden shouldn't waste his opportunity with Afghanistan
By Daniel DePetris
On January 20, Joe Biden will become the fourth consecutive President of the United States to take the oath of ...
January 01, 2021
Diplomacy, Not Troops, Is the Key for the US in the Middle East
By Daniel DePetris
The Middle East is not necessarily known for good news. But look a little deeper over the last several weeks, ...
September 08, 2020
How to Improve the U.S.-China Relationship by Thinking Small
By Daniel DePetris
Diplomats are trained to see the world with eyes wide-open. Many are also conditioned to have a “can-do” persona, where ...
July 15, 2020
Dialogue With Russia Is the Sane Way to Go
By Daniel DePetris
On May 31, President Donald Trump announced that the annual summit of the G-7, a group of wealthy nations with ...
June 11, 2020
The American People Are Tired of the Foreign Policy Status Quo
By Daniel DePetris
Foreign policy has been getting only a paltry amount of the airtime in the presidential debates over the last eight ...
March 03, 2020
Here’s What Trump Said to the World at the UN General Assembly
By Daniel DePetris
There was a lot to like and plenty to question in President Trump’s second address to the United Nations General ...
September 26, 2018
On North Korea Take a Chill Pill
By Daniel DePetris
The last four months have been a whirlwind of diplomatic intrigue and activity on the Korean Peninsula, with dangerous talk ...
May 01, 2018
It's Time For Our European Allies to Step Up to the Plate
By Daniel DePetris
The feeling of relief in the room was palpable as German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Christian Social Union boss Horst Seehofer, ...
January 23, 2018
Kim, Qaddafi, and Nukes
May 08, 2017 |
Trump, Drones, and Transparency
By Daniel DePetris
On the same day that President Donald J. Trump inherited the presidency and all of the executive power that comes ...
February 09, 2017
After 8 Years of President Obama, We Are Still at War
By Daniel DePetris
On January 20, President Barack Obama will depart the Oval Office in much the same way as he entered eight ...
January 09, 2017
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