Wess Mitchell Archives

December 1, 2020

Wess Mitchell Quoted in The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street JournalThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization should devote much more of its time and resources to security threats posed by China even while seeking to deter Russian aggression, a high-level assessment of the alliance’s future says in a report to be made public Tuesday....
November 30, 2020

Wess Mitchell Quoted in The New York Times

New York TimesAfter France’s president said NATO was suffering “brain death,” the alliance sought advice on how to stay vibrant as it faces new challenges from Russia and China.....
November 25, 2020

NATO 2030: United for a New Era

NATO | At the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Meeting of Heads of State and Government in London in December 2019, Alliance leaders asked the NATO Secretary General...
October 13, 2020

Should U.S. Foreign Policy Focus on Great-Power Competition?

Foreign Affairs | We at Foreign Affairs have recently published a number of pieces on great-power competition. To complement these articles, we decided to ask a broad pool of experts for their take...
September 14, 2020

Strategic Sequencing: How Great Powers Avoid Multi-Front War

The Marathon Initiative | This paper examines how four great powers in history have handled simultaneity…...
August 28, 2020

Wess Mitchell, Elbridge Colby Quoted in The Atlantic

The Atlantic | Last week, more than 70 Republican foreign-policy officials, including two from the Trump administration,....
August 21, 2020

Wess Mitchell Featured in The Wall Street Journal (Book Review)

The Wall Street Journal | Zbigniew Brzezinski used to tell the story of how his mother would bake a cake every year to mark the birthday of the Habsburg emperor Franz Joseph....
May 7, 2020

Containing China Will Be Complicated

WSJ Opinion | The Covid-19 pandemic has convinced many that the U.S. must fundamentally change its policy toward China....
April 23, 2020

Central Europe’s China Reckoning

The American Interest | Central Europeans are about to find out what it means to be dependent on Xi Jinping. For years, capitals across Europe’s eastern frontier have welcomed Chinese investment, inking deals...
April 6, 2020

Emperor Joseph’s Solution to Coronavirus

The Wall Street Journal | As countries around the world frantically erect barriers against the spread of the novel coronavirus, it might be helpful to look at one of the most successful...