Get ready for the sequel. On November 6, the Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner of the 2024 US presidential election. A transition now kicks off as world events continue to churn. When he returns to the presidency on January 20, Trump’s inbox will be full of global challenges. How will he respond? And
ORIGINAL SOURCE On August 6, Matthew Kroenig and Markus Garlauskas published an article in Foreign Policy discussing the escalating risk of simultaneous US conflicts with China and North Korea. The article emphasized that a conflict over Taiwan would likely expand to involve North Korea, pulling the Korean Peninsula into a broader regional war. They stressed
The nuclear threats to the United States and its allies are growing. To deter these threats, the bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States (a commission on which one of the authors, Matthew Kroenig, served) recently recommended that the United States plan for its first strategic forces buildup since the end
If the [US] response is too weak, Iran will essentially conclude that it got away with this attack and that it can continue to attack US forces and bases in the region, so it needs to be strong enough that Iran decides that this isn’t worth it. Matthew Kroenig
ORIGINAL SOURCE On January 30, Matthew Kroenig, vice president and senior director of the Scowcroft Center, and Jeffrey Cimmino, deputy director of operations and fellow in the Scowcroft Center, were quoted in The Morning Dispatch and AOL.com on a more forceful US response to Iran. Dr. Kroenig’s section of the recent experts react piece was
ORIGINAL SOURCE On January 30, Matthew Kroenig, vice president and senior director of the Scowcroft Center, was quoted in VOA News on the aftermath of the deaths of three US soldiers serving in Jordan. He assessed that it is not an accident that the Iran-backed Iraqi militia suspected of carrying out the attack is ending
ORIGINAL SOURCE On January 29, Matthew Kroenig, vice president and senior director of the Scowcroft Center, was quoted in The Telegraph on his section in an experts react piece on the news that three US service members had been killed in Jordan by Iran-backed militants. Deterrence works by convincing an adversary that the costs to
[Actions like hitting back against the Iranian navy, top leadership or nuclear program] would convey to Iran that it badly miscalculated and that attacking the United States was a foolish decision that should not be repeated. Matthew Kroenig
Original Source On January 29, Matthew Kroenig, Vice President and Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center, was quoted by Iran International on the response the United States should impose on Iran after Iran-affiliated militants killed three US soldiers in Jordan. Washington could sink the Iranian navy, like then President Ronald Reagan did in the 1980s.
ORIGINAL SOURCE On January 29, Matthew Kroenig, Vice President and Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center, was quoted in ABC News on his section of the experts react on the US service members killed in Jordan by Iran-backed forces, where he argued that the United States needs to take greater action against Iran. Iran learned
