Trump’s foreign policy may be crude, but it’s realist

But in recent years, realism has been rising in Washington. Realist policy shops like the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, Defense Priorities and the Center for Analysis of U.S. Grand Strategy at the RAND Corporation have appeared. The “realist” label is being thrown around to describe people across the new administration, such as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard. One of the most important realist thinkers of this era, Elbridge Colby, is Mr. Trump’s nominee for under secretary of defense for policy.

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