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<title><![CDATA[Peter Feaver - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/14785.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Peter Feaver]]></description><category domain="14785">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Trump's Second Term Is Reshaping America &amp; the World]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/americas/trumps-year-living-dangerously</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[How Trump's second term is reshaping America and the world.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Real Challenge of Trump 2.0]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/real-challenge-trump-20</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The world will need new ways to cope with the same tactics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Elites Misread Public Perception of the Iraq War]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/united-states/iraq-war-vietnam-syndrome-leaders</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[After the Vietnam War, a generation of U.S. leaders developed what became known as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Vietnam syndrome'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';''&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'a pathological belief that public support for the use of force was too fleeting, and the U.S. military'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s power too uncertain, for foreign military operations to be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Are Civil-Military Relations in Crisis?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2021-08-24/masters-and-commanders</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Risa Brooks, Jim Golby, and Heidi Urben ('&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'Crisis of Command,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' May/June 2021) level serious charges against the U.S. military'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s leadership, contending that its influence has grown to the point where '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'presidents worry about military opposition to their policies and must...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[In Defense of the Foreign Policy Establishment]]></title>
							<link>https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-states/2020-04-29/defense-blob</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The foreign policy establishment has seen better days. During the Obama administration, Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes derided it as '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'the Blob,'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' mocking its stodgy hawkishness.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Whither the Asian Pivot?]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/02/25/whither_the_asian_pivot</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're busy building our media site.  In the meantime, click here to learn more about FP and advertising opportunities.SecDefHagel Can Dish It Out. Can He Take It?In RequiemOn Bipartisanship and Max KampelmanState DeptAdvice for John Kerry
Mike Green's interesting
post on the visit of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Has Obama Succumbed to Groupthink?]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/01/24/has_obama_succumbed_to_group_think</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Hagel Means the Fight Over Iraq Continues]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/01/07/what_does_hagels_nomination_mean_the_fight_over_iraq_continues</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're busy building our media site.  In the meantime, click here to learn more about FP and advertising opportunities.CubaAppeasing a DictatorSecDefNext DoD Head: Warren Buffett?ChinaWhere&#039;s the CCP&#039;s Holiday Spirit?
President Obama is set to nominate Sen. Chuck Hagel to be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does Assad Think Obama is Bluffing?]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/12/11/does_assad_think_obama_is_bluffing</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're busy building our media site.  In the meantime, click here to learn more about FP and advertising opportunities.Climbing the LadderCareer Advice Part 1Climbing the LadderCareer Advice Part 2Next 4 YearsObama&#039;s Hiring Plans
If
you were Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, how worried...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Questions the Election Didn't Answer]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/11/07/questions_the_election_did_not_answer</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're busy building our media site.  In the meantime, click here to learn more about FP and advertising opportunities.AsiaKeep Your Eyes on the SenkakusElection2012The Change We NeedMitt RomneyNeocon or Realist?
President Obama's victory last night was decisive enough to spare the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Change Is Needed, No Matter Who Wins]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/30/change_is_needed_whether_or_not_president_obama_wins</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're busy building our media site.  In the meantime, click here to learn more about FP and advertising opportunities.ELECTION2012Debate Was Not for WonksNORTH KOREARailways to FreedomIRAQThe Myth of Obama's Perfect Record
There are two contradictory narratives about the last four years...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Debate for the Electorate, Not For Wonks]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/24/a_debate_for_the_electorate_not_for_us_foreign_policy_wonks</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[We're busy building our media site.  In the meantime, click here to learn more about FP and advertising opportunities.SyriaDid David Ignatius Endorse Romney's Policy?BenghaziThis Isn't Just PolitickingElectionEveryone Loves a Voter in Uniform
I got roped into writing
my debate reaction...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Myth of Obama's Perfect Record in Iraq]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/22/the_myth_of_obamas_perfect_record_in_iraq</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Media Letting Obama Politicize Libya]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/10/01/dont_blame_obama_for_playing_politics_on_benghazi_blame_the_press_for_letting_him_g</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Middle EastCan Obama Pivot While Stuck in the Mud?East AsiaWhat's Obama Doing to Stop War?Embassy ProtestsWe Didn't Start the Fire
After giving the Obama team
a pass for the first couple weeks on the likely al Qaeda 9/11 anniversary
attacks in Benghazi, the media is finally asking tough...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Middle East Strategy is What Matters]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/09/13/in_the_long_run_what_matters_is_the_strategy_in_the_middle_east_not_the_tactics_or_</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[ClarificationWhat It Takes for Nuclear ReductionsDebateObama v. Romney Foreign PolicyColombiaThe Dangers of Dealing with the FARC
The immediate responses to the Libya tragedy have been
instructive, and have played out on three levels: tactical, political, and
strategic.

The Obama...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Record on Foreign Policy]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/09/05/the_obama_team_steps_to_the_plate_swings_and_well_you_decide</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RomneyWhat About Foreign Policy?Election 2012Pot, Kettle, BlackOlympicsThe Games and Global Power
When I first posted my challenge
to Obama partisans to step up and concede at least a few honest-to-goodness
mistakes by their champion, I didn't expect that the first Obama partisan to
step...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Obama Rarely Talks About the War]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/08/21/why_president_obama_rarely_talks_about_the_war</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[RomneyWhat About Foreign Policy?Election 2012Pot, Kettle, BlackOlympicsThe Games and Global Power
President Obama did something unusual yesterday: he sought
to allay concerns that his war strategy was not working and answered questions
about events in Afghanistan.

It was not unusual...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Ryan Knows Debt is a National Security Issue]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/08/13/ryan_pick_reminds_us_our_fiscal_policy_is_on_a_collision_course_with_our_foreign_po</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[SUMMER READINGBeach ListSYRIASlaughter and the Syrian Policy VoidMITT ROMNEYRomney's Trip: A Postmortem
The
dominant story line of the Ryan pick is probably the correct one: This focuses
the national election on the Big Issue of the parties' differing philosophies
on how to fix America's...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Tough Choices on Afghanistan]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/12/15/obamas_tough_choices_on_afghanistan</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, President Obama will do something unusual. He will talk to Americans about one of the wars he is leading, in this case Afghanistan. He will give remarks announcing the results of his latest Afghan strategy review which, by my count is the fourth such review in his two year...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Iraq Speech: A Missed Opportunity]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/08/03/obamas_iraq_speech_was_another_missed_opportunity</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama's speech on Iraq was a disappointment. Not a surprise, but a disappointment.  It was disappointing because it was yet another missed opportunity. He could have shown real statesmanship by acknowledging he was wrong about the surge. He could have reached across the aisle...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Chance to Show Some Humility]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/06/04/Canceling_the_asia_trip_is_obamas_opportunity_to_show_some_humility</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Perhaps I am guilty of piling on, but I think there is one more important thing to add to Will Inboden's timely observations. Obama's unfortunate, if understandable, decision does provide the administration with an opportunity to do something that the 2008 campaign promised but the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Military Problem Getting Worse]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/10/21/obamas_military_problem_is_getting_worse</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama is presiding over a slow-motion civil-military crash occasioned by his meandering Afghanistan strategy review. The crash has not yet happened and is avoidable, but it also foreseeable. Of concern, the latest reports out of the White House suggest that Obama's team is not...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Obama Straddle on Af-Pak]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/03/28/the_obama_straddle_on_af_pak</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
							<description><![CDATA[By Peter FeaverReading the commentary on President Obama's "Af-Pak" strategy, I think I have cracked the code: Obama and his team believe they can sell an ambitious, resource-intensive U.S. commitment if they describe this as what is needed for a minimalist set of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is Fareed Zakaria Serious?]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/03/17/is_fareed_zakaria_serious</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[Does It Matter How Much America is Liked?]]></title>
							<link>http://shadow.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/02/23/how_much_is_america_liked_and_how_much_does_it_matter</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Anatomy of the Surge]]></title>
							<link>http://www.commentarymagazine.com/viewarticle.cfm/SPECIAL-PREVIEW-br--Anatomy-of-the-Surge-11265</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Iraq Question McCain Must Answer]]></title>
							<link>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/014/884qfzox.asp</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Peter Feaver</author>
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