Robert Kagan

Washington, D.C.

Editor at large focusing on foreign affairs
Robert Kagan is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and an editor at large for The Washington Post. His latest book is “The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941.”
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The America trap: Why our enemies often underestimate us

In the 1930s, Germany and Japan bet against the United States going to war. They miscalculated.

January 19, 2023

Esto podemos esperar tras la conquista de Ucrania por parte de Putin

Supongamos por un momento que Vladímir Putin, presidente de Rusia, logra obtener el control total de Ucrania, como demuestran todas sus intenciones. ¿Cuáles serían las consecuencias estratégicas y geopolíticas?

February 22, 2022

What we can expect after Putin’s conquest of Ukraine

What are the strategic and geopolitical consequences of Russia's invasion?

February 21, 2022

Our constitutional crisis is already here

Trump’s charges of fraud in 2020 are not about looking back, as many Republicans insist. They are about establishing the predicate to challenge future election results more effectively.

September 23, 2021

It wasn’t hubris that drove America into Afghanistan. It was fear.

Americans may consider their Afghan experience a failure. They would do it all over again if given the choice.

August 26, 2021

When will AOC and Ro Khanna speak up about Nicaragua?

The de facto president-for-life is arresting opposition and civic leaders, including just about anyone who might oppose him in an election next fall.

June 23, 2021

It’s up to the people to foil Trump’s plot against democracy

Anyone who believes they have America's best interests at heart isn't paying attention.

October 30, 2020

American democracy needs Mitt Romney to reconsider

The decision that may well determine America’s fate is not somewhere down the road in a land of hypotheticals. It is before Romney, right now.

September 25, 2020

China’s dangerous Taiwan temptation

Xi Jinping’s actions in Hong Kong hold ominous implications for Taiwan.

August 17, 2020

The Battle of Lafayette Square and the undermining of American democracy

We cannot rely on the military’s refusal to deploy against American citizens.

June 3, 2020