Shadow Gov’t

We Need a Cuba Policy That Truly Serves the Cuban People

By José R. Cárdenas
December 20, 2016 - 11:47 am

Clearly, changes are coming to U.S.-Cuba policy under Trump. But what to replace Obama’s policy with?

A Lesson for Rick Perry: The Department of Energy Doesn’t Produce Much Energy

By William Tobey
December 15, 2016 - 4:20 pm

A former governor of Texas would seem to be a natural choice for secretary of energy. Yet Perry faces a paradox.

It’s Too Soon to Judge Rex Tillerson

By Dov Zakheim
December 14, 2016 - 12:08 pm

Tillerson is not the first nominee for secretary of state whose company's close ties with a foreign country cast a cloud of suspicion.

Refugees Might Be the New Administration’s Best Friends on North Korea Strategy

By Victor Cha, Christopher Walsh
December 12, 2016 - 1:22 pm

Supporting refugees is a concrete action Washington can take to break the Kim regime’s control over society and bring all North Koreans closer to freedom.

Will Trump Stay or Go in Iraq?

By John Hannah
December 9, 2016 - 6:18 pm

Though the battle for Mosul has slowed to a crawl, the collapse of the Islamic State’s territorial caliphate — at least in its Iraqi incarnation — remains only a matter of time.

A Different Kind of Pivot to Asia

By Phil Levy
December 5, 2016 - 5:59 pm

The best-known version of President Barack Obama’s "pivot to Asia" involved an attempt to rebalance U.S. foreign policy away from the Middle East and toward Asia.