Both outlawry and cancel culture grow out of the same human impulse toward ostracism, the desire to exclude offenders from “respectable” society.
Post-pandemic deregulation will be more complicated than it looks.
The president’s accidental vision of a war-free second term.
The foreign policy lesson in the struggle for police reform
The coronavirus pandemic should certainly occasion more prudence at the Pentagon in strategy and spending alike.
Keeping up maximum pressure is a dangerous distraction for the United States and catastrophic for the Iranian people.
The framers of the Constitution were quite right that wars should be difficult to start and easy to end.
Washington's dangerous reliance on military intervention does not serve American interests, increase our security, or put us on a path to peace.
America's exit from Iraq could benefit both Iraqis and Americans.
President Trump's foreign policy flies in the face of his rhetoric.
Reshuffling is not only a haphazard half-measure—it is no substitute for the complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Syria.
Washington's priority should be ending America's role in this fight.
ISIS' terror should not be minimized, but Washington should refrain from inflating it to justify unnecessary military action.
Integrating North Korea into the global economy, not forcing denuclearization, is our best chance at improving ordinary citizens’ quality of life.
There is no military solution to be had. It's time to simply come home.
There is at least one point on which Washington and Moscow find themselves at odds: Venezuela.
U.S. intervention quietly escalates in Somalia.
The push for intervention is no surprise, and it should be given no quarter.
This is not a battle crucial to American security.
Defense budgeting should be a strategy debate, not a rubber stamp for higher spending
The Trump administration deserves credit for its willingness to come to the table.
Pompeo's past support for regime change, and his current refusal to disavow the idea, disqualify him for the position of America's top diplomat.
Withdrawal and diplomacy is the most prudent path forward in Syria. Not military escalation.
Because national defense is our government's top priority, Pentagon spending demands close scrutiny
The "bloody nose" strategy favored by some in his administration is extraordinarily reckless.
His policy decisions have so far belied his understanding of the public's foreign policy frustration.
Many Americans, including our nation's leaders, don't know where or why our military is deployed.
So many questions and none of them being asked on behalf of the public by Congress.
The president increasingly sounds like his national security advisor, H.R. McMaster. And that isn't good.
Despite evidence they may make things worse, airstrikes are mistakenly seen as a perfectly reasonable response.
Kim Jong-un's long game isn't suicidal annihilation, it's to remain in power.
Despite threat inflation by Iran hawks, the country has limited capabilities.
Stooping to the level of North Korean bluster is both unnecessary and reckless.
The rush to war in Syria will do more harm than good.
President Trump's foreign policy would benefit from defining U.S. interests abroad in a clear and narrow fashion.
Preemptive interventions, lengthy nation-building commitments, and a surveillance state are not the best ways to contain and prevent terror.
A bipartisan failure of judgment which shows all the signs of running on repeat.
Obama looking to double down on past mistakes.
Europe can afford to defend itself.