Commentary
The Trump administration is currently engaged in numerous Transactional Diplomacy Operations. Venezuela, Greenland and Congo are the most prominent examples.
President Donald Trump (C) hosts the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the Rwanda President Paul Kagame (L) and DRC President Felix Tshisekedi (R) at the U.S. Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2025. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Austin Bay
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Austin Bay is a colonel (ret.) in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, syndicated columnist, and teacher of strategy and strategic theory at the University of Texas–Austin. His latest book is “Cocktails from Hell: Five Wars Shaping the 21st Century.”
