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Matthew Kroenig

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Latest publication
Sep 22, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Foreign Policy
Top 500K sites
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Jul 14, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Matthew Kroenig

    Washington Should Embrace Space Warfare (opens the original)

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    Get audio access with any FP subscription. Earlier this month, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his vision for new “next generation” U.S. Space Force uniforms to critical reviews. Derek Guy, for example, the menswear guy on X, quipped, “This is the kind of design costume designers make to tell you who are the bad guys in a space movie.” The sartorial criticism, however, cloaks a deeper and much more important deliberation about the future of America’s space strategy. Earlier this month, U.S.

  2. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Matthew Kroenig

    Realism Is Unrealistic (opens the original)

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    Get audio access with any FP subscription. In a few days, students in the United States will return to university, and thousands of them will enroll in international relations (IR) courses. They will be instructed on the major theories of IR, like realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Unfortunately, for them and for the discipline, one of those theories is increasingly unhelpful for understanding how global affairs really work. Perhaps ironically, realism has become unrealistic. In a few days

  3. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Matthew Kroenig

    Realism Is Unrealistic (opens the original)

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    Get audio access with any FP subscription. In a few days, students in the United States will return to university, and thousands of them will enroll in international relations (IR) courses. They will be instructed on the major theories of IR, like realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Unfortunately, for them and for the discipline, one of those theories is increasingly unhelpful for understanding how global affairs really work. Perhaps ironically, realism has become unrealistic. In a few days

  4. Article · Jul 14, 2026 · Matthew Kroenig

    The Pentagon Needs $1.5 Trillion (opens the original)

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    Get audio access with any FP subscription. In his 2027 budget request, U.S. President Donald Trump has called for the largest U.S. defense budget in history: $1.5 trillion. This is the biggest surge in U.S. defense spending since the Korean War—nearly double the country’s 2022 defense budget and more than the next 18 nations combined. $1.5 trillion is a lot of money. And all of it is vitally necessary. In his 2027 budget request, U.S. President Donald Trump has called for the largest U.S. defens

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