Last week, The New York Times front page described the Trump administration’s repeal of the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration’s attempt to slash...
“He’s a sick man, a demented man,” Donald Trump said, trying to explain the latest mass shooting in the United States. We hear this view expressed routinely,...
The confrontation between the United States and North Korea is in a more dangerous zone than at any point in decades. Each side has announced tough positions,...
I am sometimes asked what world figure I would most want to interview. For me, the answer is obvious: Kim Jong Un. The general impression around the globe...
Seeing the devastating effects of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and of wildfires out West, one cannot help but think about the crucial role that government plays...
There is surely no greater sign of the bankruptcy of American foreign policy than its Afghanistan policy. After 15 years of war and the deployment of hundreds...
Much of America has reacted swiftly and strongly to Donald Trump’s grotesque suggestion that there is a moral equivalence between the white supremacists who...
How did we get here? Why does it appear that we’re on the brink of a war in Asia, one that could involve nuclear weapons? North Korea has had nuclear-weapons...
In 1992, the Democratic Party faced a challenge on the issue of abortion. Pennsylvania’s governor, Robert Casey, a Democrat dedicated to the working class,...
In London last week, I met a Nigerian man who succinctly expressed the reaction of much of the world to America these days. “Your country has gone crazy,” he...
There are many ways to evaluate the Trump presidency at the six-month mark. What I am struck by is the path not taken, the lost opportunity. Donald Trump had...
The latest revelations about Russia and President Donald Trump’s campaign are useful because they might help unravel the mystery that has always been at the...
In Washington, there is a conventional wisdom on North Korea that spans both parties and much of elite opinion. It goes roughly like this: North Korea is the...
The Democratic Party has reacted to its series of recent election losses by once again concluding that it needs a better economic message. As Senate Minority...
While we have been focused on the results of special elections, the ups and downs of the Russia investigation, and President Trump’s latest tweets, under the...
Wednesday’s shooting at a congressional baseball practice was a ghastly example of the political polarization that is ripping this country apart. Political...
Donald Trump returned from his first overseas trip convinced that he had unified America’s historic Arab allies, dealt a strong blow against terrorism and...
We now have a Trump Doctrine, and it is, in its conception at least, the most radical departure from a bipartisan American foreign policy since 1945. In an...
For most of his life, Donald Trump has found words to be his friends. He has used them to build his business, dramatize his achievements and embellish his...
I have tried to evaluate Donald Trump’s presidency fairly. I’ve praised him when he has appointed competent people to high office and expressed support for...
There has been much focus on Donald Trump’s erratic foreign policy – the outlandish positions, the many flip-flops, the mistakes. But far more damaging in the...
There are so many unusual, unprecedented aspects of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office that it’s hard to know where to begin. By his own yardstick, the...
Every American administration takes a while to settle into a basic approach to the world. President Trump’s team has had a rockier start than most, with many...
I didn’t really believe that there was such a thing as Trump Derangement Syndrome – hatred of Donald Trump so intense that it impairs people’s judgment. It’s...
As international crises and foreign policy challenges mount, the world looks to the United States for a broad, consistent strategy that can be relied upon...