Policy Matters
Charlie StevensonCommentary on the disputes over American foreign policy and politics.
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Trump’s War Against the State Department
Let’s suppose you’re president and believe that the State Department is “a very foolish foreign policy establishment”. It’s part of a “deep state” that opposes you and most of what you want to accomplish with other nations. What could you d...
Crowdsourcing to victory
Centcom message: “We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran.” CNN August 3, 2026
Why are we at war with Iran? After umpteen iterations of reasons, President Trump now says: “I think we just want to...
Congress, Heal Thyself!
Approval of Congress is at a record low, and that’s a danger to our democracy. If the American people don’t approve what lawmakers are doing, they will lose trust and confidence in the institution and may embrace radical, undemocratic alter...
Rigging the 1876 election
While many factors explain the results of the disputed 1876 presidential election, which Rutherford Hayes won by a 185-184 tally in the electoral college, Colorado’s admission to the Union only 99 days before the voting clearly tipped the b...
Pitiful, Helpless Giant
Doesn’t this sound familiar? On April 30, 1970 President Richard Nixon told the American people that it was necessary to invade the neutral nation of Cambodia to destroy enemy troops from North Vietnam operating there. Failure to take this...
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Teaches process for American foreign policy and role of Congress at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Author of books on America's foreign policy toolkit, history of U.S. civil-military relations, and how Congress uses its war powers.
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