Professor of public policy and political science
Jentleson, author of "American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century," was a senior adviser at the State Department from 2009-11, working on the Middle East and other issues. He is the 2015-16 Henry Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress’ John W. Kluge Center, and a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
“Trump … lost an opportunity to gain some real momentum from the slow slippage of support from Secretary Clinton in North Carolina and elsewhere,” says public policy’s Mac McCorkle.
Duke faculty in Duke Today
“Hillary is incrementally more hawkish than President Obama and other recent Democrats, but it’s a difference of degree rather than of kind,” says foreign policy expert Bruce Jentleson.
The Christian Science Monitor
“Three swirling societal forces — economic dislocation, cultural anxiety, personal insecurity from terrorism — are mixing together in a potent witch's brew that threatens our democracies well beyond the outcomes of upcoming American and European elections.”
The Hill
In their latest discussion, foreign affairs experts Peter Feaver and Bruce Jentleson examine whether President Obama was correct in staying in Cuba rather than returning home to the United States following the terror attack in Brussels. They also look at the global threat posed by ISIS.
How would Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump address national security and foreign policy if elected President? Peter Feaver and Bruce Jentleson debate the implications in this episode of Foreign Exchange.
In the latest episode of “Foreign Exchange,” Peter Feaver and Bruce Jentleson examine the presidential races post-Iowa, including how we may hear Hillary Clinton “almost calling (Bernie Sanders) out” on foreign policy and how Marco Rubio’s strong finish in Iowa might elevate the foreign policy debate among Republicans.
In the latest episode of “Foreign Exchange,” Peter Feaver and Bruce Jentleson examine the presidential races post-Iowa, including how we may hear Hillary Clinton “almost calling (Bernie Sanders) out” on foreign policy and how Marco Rubio’s strong finish in Iowa might elevate the foreign policy debate among Republicans.
Foreign Exchange
In the newest episode of “Foreign Exchange,” foreign policy experts Peter Feaver and Bruce Jentleson discuss the latest developments in Iran-U.S. relations, including whether the hostage exchange and the nuclear deal represent a new day in diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Despite threats of terrorism and concerns over Muslim immigrants, the numbers show the U.S. public hasn’t completely lost its collective head
Foreign Policy
Sanford School professor Bruce Jentleson discusses whether the president is succeeding in assuaging Americans' fears.
NPR’s “Morning Edition”
What should the U.S. policy be in the aftermath of the attacks in Paris?
Bruce Jentleson writes that the prospect of peace that Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat worked on is long gone.
News & Observer
What should the U.S. policy be in Syria now that Russia is intervening militarily? Peter Feaver and Bruce Jentleson debate the implications in this episode of Foreign Exchange. Peter Feaver is a professor of political science and public policy. From 2005-07, he was special advisor for Strategic Planning and Institutional Reform in the Bush White House. Bruce Jentleson is a professor of public policy and political science. He was a senior adviser at the State Department from 2009-11, working on the Middle East and other issues.