In this Marshall Paper, Ashley Tellis looks at the broad sweep of America’s grand strategy in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and argues that policymakers must remain committed to preserving U.S. hegemony in order to “shape evolving trends to its advantage.

Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with the United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai to discuss the future of U.S. trade policy.

Why there are relatively few African Americans in the senior ranks of the U.S. military and what can be done about it.
While that state must be responsive to the society it serves, it also needs to retain a degree of autonomy if it is to function properly.
What no one should ignore is that U.S. states have the power as well as the motivation to both challenge Washington and shape the global policy agenda.
Despite the trilateral hardening of positions, the Taiwan issue is too important to let slip out of control.

The promotion of the rule of law across borders should be implemented based on clear and objective standards, and distinguished from state-building exercises.
New developments emerged this week in negotiations between the U.S. and Iran over reviving the nuclear weapons agreement abandoned by the Trump administration.
The framing of the document and initiative, which is around a partnership with African countries, is motivated by some of these global shifts. So, there's particularly an acknowledgment that Africa is important to U.S. global priorities which is really not the case in the past.
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the democratic backsliding that has been unfolding worldwide for a decade. Democratic reform must be advanced at the international level and enhanced in a regional framework.