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Power Problems • October 9, 2018 

# So What Did I Miss? 

As Emma Ashford returns to the podcast, she and Trevor Thrall join Cato colleague John Glaser to review the Trump administration’s take on U.S. foreign policy in 2018.

- David E. Sangar, “[North Korea’s Trump-era Strategy. Keep Making A‑Bombs, but Quietly](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/16/world/asia/trump-north-korea-nuclear.html),” *New York Times*, September 16, 2018
- Peter Harrell, “[Is the US Using Sanctions Too Aggressively?](https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/2018-09-11/us-using-sanctions-too-aggressively),” *Foreign Affairs*, September 11, 2018
- Michael Hirsch, “[John Bolton Is Living the Dream — for Now,” *Foreign Policy*, September 28, 2018](https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/28/john-bolton-living-the-dream-for-now-trump-un-unga/)
- Jordan Robertson and Michael Riley, “[The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies,” *Bloomberg Businessweek*, October 4, 2018](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies?srnd=businessweek-v2)
- Michael Hirsch, “[Surprise! Trump’s Disruptive Foreign Policy Could Be Working,” *Politico*, October 2018](https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/05/trump-foreign-policy-russia-north-korea-219588)

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##### [Emma Ashford](/people/emma-ashford)

Senior Fellow, Stimson Center

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##### [A. Trevor Thrall](/people/trevor-thrall)

Former Senior Fellow, Defense and Foreign Policy Department, Cato Institute

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##### John Glaser 

Host, Power Problems Podcast

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