Let’s Get Into a Fight About Foreign Policy
After another two nights of Democratic debates, the 2020 field has spent little time on some of the presidency's most consequential challenges.
NATO
The Clinton Administration Did Not Fix the Balkans
At the anniversary celebration of NATO's bombing campaign, Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright were guests of honor. But tensions between Kosovo and Serbia are on the rise again.
Is It Fair for Trump to Bash NATO Over Military Spending?
A historian explains the risks of increased spending and why the benchmark—2 percent of GDP—is flawed.
Europe’s Total Failure to Resist Trump
While autocrats take advantage of the president's foreign-policy chaos, America's oldest allies are paralyzed by division and dependency.
America’s Disappearing Foreign Policy
What’s happening to the GOP’s global affairs brain trust?
Who Knew Trump Would Be a Weak President?
He campaigned with a lot of swagger. But his first nine months in office have been defined by indecision, vacillation, and a reluctance to call shots.
Natural Born Buddies: The Shared Ideology of Oliver Stone and Vladimir Putin
The new documentary about the Russian strongman exposes a thematic vein that runs through Stone's entire body of work.
Putin’s Pro-Trump Plot Has Backfired Spectacularly
Russia's meddling in the U.S. election has not panned out for the autocrat.
Trump Is Not a Builder. He’s a Destroyer.
The president only wants to sabotage and tear down what already exists—and the Republican Party is eager to let him.
Trump’s European Trip Was a Watershed Moment
A split has emerged between the U.S. and its European allies. And there's probably no going back.
How Republicans Are Helping Trump Destroy the U.S.’s Global Credibility
Congress is normalizing one national security disaster after another, facilitating the administration's assault on the post-war order.
Why Trump Is a Salesman With Autocrats and a Slumlord With Allies
On his first foreign trip, he charmed the Saudis and shamed NATO.
Trump’s Mouth Has Made America an Unreliable Ally
That's good news for Europe, if it seizes this moment to finally reform NATO.
The Worst Performance of Trump’s Presidency Now Belongs to the Press Corps
The media's reaction to his speech to Congress was shameful.
Trump Is Paving the Way for China to Rule the World
China is now closer to the international norm on issues like trade, climate change, and Israel-Palestine. Is this the end of American dominance?
The Republican Roots and Grave Risks of Donald Trump’s Hostility to NATO
The president-elect joins a long minority tradition within the GOP of opposition to European alliances, and it could lead to global conflict.
Who’s Afraid of Communism?
Americans have largely forgotten the anti-Communist sentiment from decades past.
What Donald Trump Doesn’t Get About Alliances
His dismissive approach to America's friends would make the world more dangerous.
