A brash bid to reassert U.S. dominance is delivering short-term wins. But a region tired of being pushed around may not stay compliant for long.
The president’s attempt to manage the consequences of the war is adding wrinkles to his diplomatic goals in Ukraine, China, and other countries.
U.S. officials ritualistically tout their respect for Iraq’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, but every U.S. president over the last three decades has bombed Iraq in some way.
The proposed defense budget reaches $813 billion, and politicians still can’t think critically about how to spend it.
Supplying the Ukrainian army hasn’t stopped Putin.
It’s unclear what a military intervention could even accomplish.
What should come next for the U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship
Demanding capitulation from Tehran is a recipe for disaster
The U.S. should not let its foreign policy be dictated by threats from Saudi Arabia, or anyone else.
Trump may not fly back to Washington with a denuclearization deal in hand, but the summit could still succeed if it breaks the diplomatic ice and reduces the probability of a horrific military calamity.
The cautious prudence the U.S. desperately needed after a decade and a half of shoot-from-the-hip interventionism has been relegated to a talking point.
Mike Pompeo's "plan B" is reckless and dangerous.
Ending the deal would clear the way for Iran's nuclear weapons program and increase the likelihood of war.
15 years after the start of the war in Iraq, the Executive is still abusing our Constitution.
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