Diplomacy &international policy

Amid evolving global political, economic, and security challenges, a new policy brief from the University of Michigan's Weiser Diplomacy Center (WDC) and two prominent nongovernmental organizations based in Washington, D.C., calls on leaders in the U...

Ford School professor of practice Javed Ali has been a leading analytical voice on events in Iran over the past two weeks. Since the initial strikes that shook the Iranian regime, the Mideast expert and former National Security Council senior officia...

The latest US-Israeli military strikes in Iran have created an unprecedented crisis for the regime, writes Javed Ali. Unlike after the 2020 strike against Qasem Soleimani and last year's bombings of nuclear sites, Ali does not expect Iran to show res...

In a rapidly changing international order, understanding where exactly the United States stands is crucial for national security and international relations policymakers. Last semester, I had the privilege of doing just that as a team lead for the Fo...

One of the most meaningful things a journalist can do is honor the lives of others by telling their stories, according to Jake Tapper as he set out to tell the stories of two American heroes in his book, "The Race Against Terror." The book covers the...

The importance of strategic competence, empathy, confidence, and learning from U.S. history was highlighted in H.R. McMaster's talk on national security and diplomacy at the Ford School. For the 7th annual Arthur Vandenberg Lecture, titled Cascading ...