Joe Barnes

Fellow Joe Barnes considers the origins and implications of the ongoing crisis over Ukraine. Continue Reading →

A year into his presidency, how does Biden’s pragmatic approach to foreign policy stack up against the records of his predecessors? Continue Reading →

Although Paris and Washington have passed the immediate AUKUS crisis, the contretemps occurred at the intersection of two huge geopolitical issues involving China’s military expansion in the Pacific and the EU’s role in great power politics. Both will be high on Biden’s foreign policy agenda for the balance of his term. Continue Reading →

Since U.S. troops began leaving Afghanistan in May, a spiraling military, humanitarian and political crisis has left many looking for answers.  Joe Barnes, a former career State Department diplomat and now the Baker Institute’s Bonner Means Baker Fellow, provides his perspective in a Q&A for the Baker Institute Blog. Continue Reading →

In the absence of a viable alternative that does not involve an open-ended commitment in Afghanistan, Biden’s plan to withdraw makes sense — even if it does entail potential real costs and real risks. Continue Reading →

Joe Biden entered the presidency with long record on a broad range of foreign policy issues, and he has conformed closely to expectations. But the years ahead will show how effective he will be in the fundamentally altered geopolitical landscape of a multipolar world.
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