Nancy Okail

Dec 5, 2024 | realcleardefense.com | Nancy Okail |Matthew Duss

America Is Cursed by a Foreign Policy of NostalgiaWashington Needs Something Better Than “America First” and “America Is Back”

Dec 3, 2024 | foreignaffairs.com | Nancy Okail |Matthew Duss

U.S. foreign policy is adrift between the old order and one that has yet to be defined.

Nov 25, 2024 | democracyjournal.org | Nancy Okail

A s Donald Trump prepares to once again assume the presidency, the stakes for U.S. foreign policy, global governance, and democratic movements could not be higher. This is not the same Trump, nor is it the same world he left in 2021. His second term promises to bring not only new challenges but also a fundamentally different playbook, shaped by the lessons he learned from his first term, a new cadre of influential players in his orbit, and multiple international crises ripe for exploitation.

Aug 1, 2024 | nytimes.com | Matt Duss |Nancy Okail

The assassination of the Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Tuesday - presumably carried out by Israel - has likely halted Gaza cease-fire talks and a hostage deal for the time being. It has also brought the region one step closer to an all-out conflagration. Indeed, within hours, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared his intention to attack Israel.

Nov 27, 2023 | almendron.com | Matt Duss |Nancy Okail

Recent days have seen the first good news out of Gaza in a long time. As part of a U.S.-brokered cease-fire that began last Friday and will expire tomorrow, Hamas has released dozens of the more than 200 people it took hostage during its October 7 attack on Israel; those released include many of the children whom the group took captive.