Ben Cardin

I had to give a speech that night.

I lost the U.S. Senate race in Maryland to Ben Cardin.

And it was like 1130 at night.

I'll tell you more about it a little bit later, but.

I went to Congress.

I went to John McCain and Benjamin Cardin, two senators, Republican and Democrat.

And I told them the story of what happened to Sergei Magnitsky.

I told them the story of what was going on in Russia.

Over the course of this episode, you'll hear directly from our contributors.

Senator Ben Cardin on the future of U.S. international engagement.

Dr. Jacqueline Mazza examining historical parallels in U.S. foreign operations.

Eamon Burke and Jonathan Quintyne discussing institutional grounding and American grand strategy.

Friedrich Conradi evaluating state failure in an era of transnational crisis.

And Ambassador Shirin Tahir-Kelly exploring the rise of middle powers amid a shifting global posture.

Opening the issue is US Senator Ben Cardin, longtime member and former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, reflecting on his piece, The Future of US International Engagement.

Thanks to the CICE Review of International Affairs for including my article on the future of the United States' international engagement in its special anniversary issue celebrating America's 250th milestone.