Stopping the Security Spiral: The Importance of U.S. Disengagement in South Korea (Marcellus Policy Analysis)
By Hunter Slingbaum, Fall 2022 Marcellus Policy Fellow As of 2021, the United States had roughly 28,500 troops actively deployed in South Korea and 55,000 troops in Japan, both nations that have seen significant economic success and relative military peace over the last several decades. Unlike Japan, however, South Korea has a nuclear adversary and […]
Winning the South: How the United States Can Win Back Latin America (Marcellus Policy Analysis)
By Scarlett Kennedy, Fall 2022 Marcellus Policy Fellow Amid increasing tensions between the United States and Iran, it is crucial to have an effective plan in place for protecting the U.S. homeland from Iranian violence. This violence significantly decreased following the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) but has reignited since the agreement’s collapse, constructing […]
Building Capacity or Undermining Stability? Reconsidering US Security Sector Assistance in Fragile States (Marcellus Policy Analysis)
By Keenan Ashbrook, Fall 2022 Marcellus Policy Fellow In the post-9/11 era, U.S. foreign policy has placed an increasingly high level of emphasis on Department of Defense (DoD)-led security sector assistance (SSA) in fragile states. This strategic shift has been motivated by the theory that “power vacuums” and instability serve as breeding grounds for hostile […]
Securing the Insecure: Rethinking US-Iraq Relations (Marcellus Policy Analysis)
By Simeone Miller, Fall 2022 Marcellus Policy Fellow U.S. security policy in Iraq has failed. It is a policy that has been defined by an inflated threat perception. While it was designed to prevent the further proliferation of Salafi-Jihadists in the country, it has done more to support their emergence and led to further local […]
Containment 2022: Rallying the Asia-Pacific Against Chinese Aggression (Marcellus Policy Analysis)
By David Winter, Fall 2022 Marcellus Policy Fellow The balance of power has shifted away from the favor of the United States, but the attitude of the American foreign policy elite has not reflected this reality. The Asia-Pacific region is home to multiple U.S. partners, valuable economic traffic, and to a rising near-peer competitor, the […]
With Friends Like These: How the United States Can Foster the European Union’s Strategic Autonomy (Marcellus Policy Analysis)
By Juan Garcia-Nieto, Fall 2022 Marcellus Policy Fellow The partnership between the United States and the European Union (EU) is largely a successful one. Europe, once a continent ravaged by wars, achieved an unprecedented level of political and economic integration. However, the transatlantic relationship rests on a deeply flawed assumption: that the United States should […]
The Great Balancing Act: U.S. Engagement in Central Asia (Marcellus Policy Analysis)
By Alex Little, Fall 2022 Marcellus Policy Fellow Central Asia is a diverse region with a critically important central geography, a plethora of natural resources, and rapidly developing industries such as energy production. Central Asia comprises Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, all of which are former Soviet republics. Given their Soviet past, Central Asia […]
How to Phase Out Military Aid in Africa (Marcellus Policy Analysis)
By Patrick Fox, Fall 2022 Marcellus Policy Fellow Africa will become increasingly critical to the international community over the next several decades. However, even as its population and economies grow, security crises on the continent remain resilient or worsening. The modern American approach to security in Africa is insufficient and must be reworked. Africans want […]
Our Spring 2023 Marcellus Policy Fellows
After a highly competitive selection process, the John Quincy Adams Society is pleased to announce its Spring 2023 cohort of Marcellus Policy Fellows. This is the Society’s sixth cohort of fellows. The Fellows will spend the next ten weeks learning from top experts on foreign policy as they develop a think tank style policy analysis […]
Meet Scott McCann, the Society’s Newest Team Member
What are you most excited about in your new role?I am most excited about the opportunity to connect restrainers from various backgrounds and roles with each other in the Strategic Leader Fellowship. Additionally, I look forward to getting to know the talented folks thinking about and working towards a restraint-oriented foreign policy strategy. What books […]