Kenneth Weisbrode
Kenneth Weisbrode is a fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, and the author of Central Eurasia – Prize or Quicksand?
Kenneth Weisbrode is a fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, and the author of Central Eurasia – Prize or Quicksand?
With the era of American "declinism" upon us, it is worth recalling that we have heard it all before – often alongside equally compelling arguments that Americans, and US leadership, have never had it… read more
Dean Acheson, US President Harry Truman’s Secretary of State, once said that being in government made him scared, but that being out of it made him worried. To anyone not privy to the hidden complexit… read more
There is much talk in the air – especially in the US – about reinventing diplomacy for the twenty-first century. But those who assume that the old diplomacy of the nineteenth or even the twentieth cent… read more
Formulating the right mix of carrots and sticks in confronting Iran is extremely difficult, and the US is hardly seen in the region as an honest broker. Instead, NATO members should pledge to defend an… read more
