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Christopher McCallion

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Christopher McCallion is a fellow at Defense Priorities.

McCallion focuses on issues in grand strategy, IR theory, U.S. foreign policy, and technological competition. His work has appeared in POLITICO, Newsweek, The National Interest, and CNN among others. He was formerly an adjunct lecturer in political science at Hunter College, City University of New York, and holds an MSc in Theory and History of International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

op-edGrand strategy, Afghanistan, China, Israel‑Hamas, Middle East, Taiwan, Ukraine‑Russia

Biden’s final foreign policy speech: an exercise in self-promotion

By Christopher McCallion

January 13, 2025

In his final foreign policy address as President, Joe Biden today struck a self-congratulatory note. He claimed that the United […]

op-edUkraine, Europe and Eurasia, NATO, Russia, Ukraine‑Russia

Zelensky maintains Nato dream in Lex Fridman interview

By Christopher McCallion

January 6, 2025

op-edUkraine‑Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

Western escalation with Russia will bring little reward

By Christopher McCallion and Benjamin Friedman

November 23, 2024

More from Christopher McCallion

op-edGrand strategy, Afghanistan, China, Israel‑Hamas, Middle East, Taiwan, Ukraine‑Russia

Biden’s final foreign policy speech: an exercise in self-promotion

By Christopher McCallion

January 13, 2025

op-edUkraine, Europe and Eurasia, NATO, Russia, Ukraine‑Russia

Zelensky maintains Nato dream in Lex Fridman interview

By Christopher McCallion

January 6, 2025

op-edUkraine‑Russia, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

Western escalation with Russia will bring little reward

By Christopher McCallion and Benjamin Friedman

November 23, 2024

op-edGrand strategy, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, Global posture, Great power competition, Russia, Ukraine‑Russia

The Domino Theory refuses to fall

By Christopher McCallion

September 27, 2024

ExplainerGrand strategy, Alliances, Balance of power, Burden sharing

Grand strategy: Alliances

By Christopher McCallion

September 17, 2024

op-edUkraine‑Russia, Russia, Ukraine

Will the Kursk raid backfire on Ukraine?

By Benjamin Friedman and Christopher McCallion

August 19, 2024

Christopher McCallion Past Virtual Events

virtualNATO, Alliances, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine, Ukraine‑Russia

Past Virtual Event: A ‘bridge’ to NATO or false hope for Ukraine?

July 12, 2024
virtualNATO, Europe and Eurasia, Russia, Ukraine

Past Virtual Event: Reexamining the U.S. role in European security

May 3, 2024
virtualAsia, China, Grand strategy, Taiwan

Past Virtual Event: Are semiconductors a reason to defend Taiwan?

November 17, 2022