Foreign Affairs June Issue Launch: Present at the Destruction? Trump in Practice

Friday, June 2, 2017
Trump
Speakers
Matthew Kroenig

Stanton nuclear security fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations

Emily Parker

International Affairs Fellow, 2010-2011

Presider
Gideon Rose

Editor, Foreign Affairs and Peter G. Peterson Chair

Foreign Affairs Issue Launch

Gideon Rose discusses the May/June 2017 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine with contributors Matthew Kroenig and Emily Parker. The latest issue offers an early assessment of Donald J. Trump’s administration.

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