The best illustration of the incoherence of the administration’s strategy toward Iran came in a recent White House press release. “There is little doubt that...
Today’s crisis of conservatism has produced surprisingly few books that try to understand what exactly has happened to the venerable creed. For decades,...
Given President Trump’s mean-spirited and often bigoted attitudes on immigration, it pains me to say that he is right that the United States faces a crisis...
Last week we watched an unusual spectacle. The foreign minister of Germany, one of the United States’ closest allies, went to Tehran and announced that a...
Whatever the ultimate outcome of Donald Trump’s conflict with Mexico, one consequence is already clear. He has undermined one of the most impressive American...
Last month’s election results for the European Parliament were mixed, which meant that every side could claim a victory of sorts. Right-wing populists did...
Many of us have been waiting for a new Sputnik moment, the point at which the challenge from China spurs America to get its act together. We may now be...
President Donald Trump has seemed largely uninterested in foreign policy. He got excited briefly when he thought he could win a Nobel Peace Prize and hyped...
It’s graduation season in America and a good time to be leaving college and looking for a job. Despite this week’s stock market tremors, the American economy...
Consider, for a moment, what the growing talk of impeachment among Democrats sounds like to the tens of millions of people who voted for Donald Trump. Many of...
Understanding Donald Trump’s foreign policy is a challenge, since the president has written and spoken little on the subject for most of his life. So how to...
Around the democratic world, there is a power struggle taking place that might end up being the most damaging and long-lasting consequence of this era of...
There are many explanations for Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory in this week’s elections that have to do with Israel’s particular situation - its economic boom,...
President Donald Trump’s threat to close the U.S.-Mexico border has confused even his allies. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said it “would be bad for everybody.”...
U.S. President Donald Trump faces a crucial test of his foreign policy and his resolve over Venezuela. His administration has made absolutely clear that the...
One of the great strengths of democracy is that bad policies are often reversed. That’s a consolation when we look at the flurry of pandering programs being...
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report, which is expected to be delivered to the attorney general soon, will end up being a great test of American democracy....
It appears that President Donald Trump decided that a bad deal with North Korea was worse than no deal, a reasonable conclusion that suggests he and his team...
It’s refreshing to see the Democratic Party bubbling with new ideas. But this new thinking seems starkly different from the party’s reform efforts of the past...
The Trump administration faces a test in Venezuela. It must pursue a foreign policy that helps usher out the odious regime of Nicolas Maduro without...
This year’s World Economic Forum, more than usual, prompted a spirited round of elite bashing, which has now become the trendy political posture on both right...
The atmosphere at the 2019 World Economic Forum reflected the global picture perhaps more genuinely than in years past, and the painting was not very pretty....
As we watch Britain going through the paroxysms relating to Brexit, it is easy to view its decision to leave the European Union as an act of foolishness, a...
HWatching the struggle over funding for a border wall, I am struck by the way in which, in one sense, Donald Trump has already achieved success. He has been...
Emmanuel Macron has been the great hope for those who worry that global politics is being dominated by populism, nationalism and racism. In his presidential...