Jeremy Rosner

It’s become a truism that Americans have turned so far inward that they will not tolerate national security initiatives that carry a risk of major costs or casualties. War-weary after Iraq and Afghanistan and reeling financially from The Great Recession, the public wants U.S. leaders to focus more at home and shoulder far fewer burdens abroad—and certainly […]

National security works differently than domestic issues, and actually leaves the White House broad latitude to act and lead abroad–as long as its efforts produce results. Last August, as President Obama considered military action against the Assad regime in Syria after it almost certainly used chemical weapons against its own people, ABC News argued that […]