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NATO
July 12, 2018
Heather Souvaine Horn
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.
July 11, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump says “Germany is a captive to Russia.”
May 17, 2018
Jeet Heer
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.
March 27, 2018
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Jeet Heer
America’s Disappearing Foreign Policy
What’s happening to the GOP’s global affairs brain trust?
October 26, 2017
Elizabeth Drew
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.
June 21, 2017
Alex Shephard
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.
June 19, 2017
Eric Sasson
Putin’s Pro-Trump Plot Has Backfired Spectacularly
Russia's meddling in the U.S. election has not panned out for the autocrat.
June 9, 2017
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump just accused James Comey of committing a felony.
June 5, 2017
Alex Shephard
Why did Trump remove an endorsement of Article 5 from his NATO speech?
June 5, 2017
Jeet Heer
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.
May 30, 2017
Jeet Heer
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.
May 30, 2017
Brian Beutler
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.
May 26, 2017
Jeet Heer
Why Trump Is a Salesman With Autocrats and a Slumlord With Allies
On his first foreign trip, he charmed the Saudis and shamed NATO.
May 16, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Mouth Has Made America an Unreliable Ally
That's good news for Europe, if it seizes this moment to finally reform NATO.
March 1, 2017
Brian Beutler
The Worst Performance of Trump’s Presidency Now Belongs to the Press Corps
The media's reaction to his speech to Congress was shameful.
January 24, 2017
Jeet Heer
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?
January 18, 2017
Jeet Heer
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.
July 21, 2016
Brian Beutler
McConnell says supporting Trump is fine, because if push comes to shove, we can always have a coup.
July 21, 2016
Brian Beutler
The most horrifying thing about Donald Trump’s horrifying
New York Times
interview.
April 27, 2016
Malcolm Harris
Who’s Afraid of Communism?
Americans have largely forgotten the anti-Communist sentiment from decades past.
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