Daniel B. Baer

Mar 1, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Daniel B. Baer

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Mar 1, 2024 | foreignpolicy.com | Daniel B. Baer |Sophia Besch

NATO Russia Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron surprised fellow European leaders this week with his suggestion that some European countries might send troops to Ukraine to prevent Russia from winning its war of aggression there.

Sep 25, 2023 | foreignpolicy.com | Daniel B. Baer

The basic geopolitical strategy puzzle faced by the United States today is how to manage the relative decline of U.S. economic and military power, while maintaining U.S. leadership and influence to protect the country’s security and prosperity. After a long era of unquestioned global primacy, the United States needs to figure out how to continue to lead with fewer of the tools of hegemony than it once had at its disposal.

Sep 19, 2023 | thehill.com | Daniel B. Baer

President Joe Biden will address world leaders at the United Nations today. Although few in Topeka, Tulsa, or Tampa will pay much attention to the content of his words, the assembled crowd of presidents and prime ministers will be listening closely. Much of the world is at once skeptical of and desperate for American leadership.

Jun 28, 2023 | slate.com | Daniel B. Baer

The World The Wagner rebellion will have reverberations outside Russia. The New York Times called it Russia’s “36-hour rebellion,” as if the weekend’s shattering events could be confined to a day and a half. Even if Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin called off his group’s march on Moscow and has apparently begun his exile in Belarus, the continuing aftershocks of the mutiny that came within 125 miles of Russia’s virtually defenseless capital cannot be separated from the crisis itself.