The New York Times recently published a review by Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Professor Jeremi Suri of Martin Indyk’s new book titled Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy. Indyk’s book chronicles Henry Kissinger’s attempts as President Nixon’s foreign policy surrogate to broker peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. According to Suri, Indyk is in awe of Kissinger and places him in a class with Prince Metternich of Austria, who famously negotiated a century of peace among the European kingdoms at the dawn of the 19th century. Suri notes that the author captures the unique intensity of diplomacy in the Middle East, where Kissinger’s mediation removed the Soviet Union as a major influence from the region. You can read Professor Suri’s full review of Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy here.
Robert D. Kaplan, a Strauss Center Distinguished Senior Lecturer, provided a review for the Wall Street Journal on "The Village on the Edge of the World." The book centers around Herta Müller's experience growing up in Romania under its repressive communist leader Nicolae Ceaușescu. "A fact that cannot be emphasized enough is that World War II ended in 1945 only...
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Joshua Busby recently co-authored a piece in The National Interest titled “No Easy Solutions to Europe’s Geopolitical Trilemma.” Busy examines the mounting strategic pressures facing the European Union as it seeks defense, economic, and energy autonomy amid growing uncertainty from Russia, China, and the United States. “Thankfully for Europe, it is wealthy enough to continue restricting...
Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar Dr. Joshua Busby recently published a piece in Foreign Policy titled “Trump’s National Defense Strategy Tries to Imagine Climate Change Away.” Busby discusses the omission of climate change and concerns in the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS). “The Pentagon’s long-standing, bipartisan concern with climate- and energy-related matters was grounded in clear-eyed thinking about strategic risks, which...