President Obama meeting in the Oval Office in late August with his national security advisers to discuss strategy on Syria, in a photo released by the White House. Credit Pete Souza/White House
James M. Lindsay, Council On Foreign Relations: Five Big National Security Challenges for 2016
On Tuesday, CFR.org posted an interview I did previewing the year ahead. My take in a nutshell: 2016 is shaping up to be a tumultuous year. The list of problems is long: a resurgence in terrorism, chaos in the Middle East, tensions in Asia, and sluggish global economic growth. All of this will be happening amidst what promises to be a raucous American presidential campaign that will likely generate more heat than light on the foreign policy challenges facing the United States.
So as we enter 2016, here are five big foreign policy questions I am pondering:
WNU Editor: I would add one more .... the deteriorating security situations in Afghanistan, and the rise of the Islamic State.