The Trump Doctrine and Public Opinion at One Year
Donald Trump’s America First rhetoric during the 2016 presidential campaign marked a sharp departure from the fundamental tenets of liberalContinue Reading
Author: Trevor Thrall
I am a professor at George Mason University and Director of the Biodefense Graduate Program.
America’s Foreign Policy Attention Deficit
We Washingtonians rightly get criticized for being hyper focused on politics. While D.C. natives gossip about the ups and downsContinue Reading
Counterinsurgency Math Revisited
When does 32,200 – 60,000 = 109,000? That seemingly inaccurate equation represents the estimated number of Islamist-inspired terrorists when theContinue Reading
Cato Conference: The Trump Doctrine at One Year
A year into President Trump’s term, what can we say about the Trump Doctrine? As a candidate, Trump promised dramaticContinue Reading
Trump’s New National Security Strategy
National security strategies are strange beasts. Their glittering generalities and kitchen sink approach to detailing threats, interests, and priorities canContinue Reading
New Podcast Episode: Syria, Chemical Weapons, and International Norms
In this episode of Power Problems we talk to Greg Koblentz, associate professor and director of the Biodefense Graduate ProgramContinue Reading
Trump’s Quagmire Strategy
As North Korea’s nuclear weapons continue to dominate the headlines, President Trump has quietly sunk the United States ever moreContinue Reading
Trump and Iran: Deal or No Deal?
We talk with Colin Kahl, Vice President Biden’s former national security adviser, on the latest episode of Power Problems. ListenContinue Reading
Time to Step Back from the War on Terror
President Donald Trump has expanded every aspect of the war on terror he inherited from his two predecessors. In hisContinue Reading
Recent Writings
Here are a few of my most recent writings around the web: August 28, 2017, “Terrorism and the New DominoContinue Reading
