Trump Foreign Policy at One Year, With Matthew Kroenig

Matthew Kroenig, Vice President and Senior Director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at the Atlantic Council, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss how President Trump has approached foreign policy since returning to the Oval Office last January.

Mentioned on the Episode:

Matthew Kroenig, “To Get to Peace in Ukraine, Trump Should Play the Nuclear Card (foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/18/trump-putin-summi…),” Foreign Policy

Matthew Kroenig, “Trump Has a Strategy for Venezuela (foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/07/trump-venezuela-d…),” Foreign Policy

Matthew Kroenig, “Trump Should Oust Maduro (foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/07/trump-maduro-vene…),” Foreign Policy

Matthew Kroenig, “Trump Was Right to Oust Maduro (nytimes.com/2026/01/05/opinion/trump-maduro-ou…),” New York Times

Matthew Kroenig, “Two Cheers for the National Security Strategy (foreignpolicy.com/2025/12/11/national-security…),” Foreign Policy

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