| This week's curated content explores the likely foreign policy implications of last week's long and hard-fought presidential race in the United States. Doug Bandow leads with a sober, honest reflection on the lost opportunities of the Trump administration from a foreign policy perspective. He follows up with an insightful but rather less charitable assessment of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. James Antle's piece is a worthy and much needed reflection on the future of the anti-interventionist right post-Trump's presidency. With Joe Biden as the all-but-certain president-elect, foreign policy restrainers now must begin to analyze and pressure Biden to move away from the interests of the military-industrial complex. One gesture of good faith would be to follow through on Trump's commitment to troop withdrawal. Adam Weinstein lays out the practical steps of what this would entail and why it would be a good idea. Daniel DePetris offers is a good companion to Weinstein's piece, as he reinforces the argument that a troop presence in Afghanistan is simply unnecessary and perhaps even counterproductive from an American strategy point of view. Finally, we recommend Christopher Layne's piece which provides a clear-eyed assessment of the risks of war with China--a monumental threat that president-elect Biden will have to navigate with intelligence, prudence, and strength. Essential Reading Richard Hanania, Survival Bottom line: Washington's foreign policy in the Middle East has been based on wishful thinking, divorced from an analytical approach to civil war. By meddling in the region, American... In the News Daniel DePetris, American Conservative Adam Weinstein, Responsible Statecraft Doug Bandow, American Conservative Christopher Layne, Foreign Policy Daniel Larison, American Conservative Daniel DePetris, National Interest Anatol Lieven, Responsible Statecraft Defense Priorities John Dale Grover, The Hill Emma Ashford, Inkstick Bonnie Kristian, American Conservative Emma Ashford, Inkstick Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post Sumantra Maitra, National Interest Adam Weinstein & Rachel Esplin Odell, Responsible Statecraft Is there hope for a noninterventionist foreign policy in the near future? Can the Blob, that vast hawkish network of Washington advisors and think tanks, ever be reined in? | 
