American foreign policy
Oil at $100 a barrel is a disaster for Trump
When Donald Trump’s political obituary comes to be written, none of his colorful phrases over the years will seem quite…
How will harsh sanctions on Iran play out?
If you control the world’s largest economy, as the US does, and if your enemy depends on exports to the West, as Iran…
Why is Trump unhappy about military drills with South Korea?
Donald Trump has instructed his Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to “substantially reduce” joint military exercises between the United States…
Is Donald Trump becoming the new Jimmy Carter?
One day President Trump wants to dial down hostilities with Iran. “We’re low-keying” the conflict, he said Sunday. A day…
Marco Rubio’s defense spending call is nothing new
This week Ed Miliband made his first trip to Washington DC since becoming Andy Burnham’s Foreign Secretary. He is 56…
Will Hamas really disarm?
No one imagined that Hamas would voluntarily hand over its weapons and turn to politics and peace in the Gaza…
Colombia’s transition is being brokered on the Potomac
It is another sweltering afternoon in Washington, and the room at the Atlantic Council is filling with businessmen and diplomats…
Why Elbridge Colby’s NATO warning shots will backfire
It is hardly news that US relations with the rest of NATO (“rNATO” hereafter) are at an unprecedentedly low ebb.…
Will Lindsey Graham be remembered as a great senator?
Already the denunciations of Senator Lindsey Graham, who died at 71, are piling up. Former Republican operative Steve Schmidt’s verdict was not untypical. He declared…
How Trump inadvertently boosted Europe’s defense industry
With all the Hollywood drama and heart-pounding music of a Mission: Impossible trailer, NATO screened a short promotional film at…
Sixteen times that Trump nearly ended the Iran war
Today marks a hundred days since America and Israel began launching strikes on Iran on February 28. The very next…
Are Trump and Netanyahu heading for a showdown?
Depending on which day it is, the ongoing peace talks between the United States and Iran are either a few…
Trump’s NATO troop reduction isn’t Europe’s biggest problem
Before Donald Trump returned to the White House last year, there were many commentators who sought to sanitize the President.…
Why Trump is wobbling on restarting the Iran war
Donald Trump was for the Iran war before he was against it. His latest post on social media about the conflict indicated that…
Did the Trump/Xi summit achieve anything?
Air Force One is in the air as I write, whizzing from Beijing back to Washington – and Donald Trump…
Is the Iran ceasefire crumbling?
Is the fragile Iran war ceasefire over? It would appear so, with American and Iranian forces exchanging fire in the…
The contempt Trump feels for his NATO allies is mutual
The war in Iran has revealed plenty about America’s ability to inflict damage on its enemies, Tehran’s capacity to resist…
Why Iran doesn’t want peace
Perhaps we should be used to be this by now. Yet again, there have been a flurry of promises to…
Who’s actually winning the wars in the Middle East?
If you read the New York Times or watch the foreign policy establishment’s “best and brightest,” you will be told,…
The Pentagon’s holy war with Rome
America is having its Golden Age, Iran is about to get blasted into the Stone Age… and Elbridge Colby wants…
What Trump gets wrong about NATO
The idea that the United States has been swindled by its NATO allies is not new. Robert Gates, in his…
The winners and losers of the Iran ceasefire deal
The abrupt announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war between the US, Israel and Iran resolves none of the…
What will the Iran ceasefire cost Trump?
Might Donald Trump travel to Tehran this spring to open an American embassy and declare that he’s fallen in love with the new…
Why Trump is tempting 25th Amendment talk
During his remarks in Budapest, Vice President J.D. Vance, who is trying prop up Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as he runs for reelection, appeared to think the unthinkable.…
This is what Trump means by ‘victory’ in Iran
President Trump has now told us something very important about the war with Iran. Ponder his address to the nation…
