To restore U.S. leadership abroad, we first need to address the inequalities at home that midwifed Trump’s rise.
foreign policy
Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
A Looming Conflagration in Venezuela
Logic and reason rarely win the day in such high-stakes gamesmanship.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
Will the Trump Administration Abandon Afghan Women?
U.S. negotiators won’t bring stability to Afghanistan if they ignore women’s rights.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Europe Is Finally Giving Up on Trump
Last week’s Munich Conference cemented America’s abandonment of its most crucial allies.
Posted inPolitics
Trump Is China and Russia’s Best Friend
The president’s aggressive pursuit of nativist policies has weakened America’s global leverage.
Posted inFeatured, Politics
A Clear and Present Threat to U.S. National Security: Donald Trump
The president is depleting the security apparatus that can prevent a crisis from becoming a catastrophe.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Senate Republicans Are Rebelling Against Trump
The president’s foreign policy is being openly rebuked by his allies in the Senate.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump Says His Own Administration is Wrong, Needs to Go Back to School
The president lashed out at his directors of CIA and FBI after they testified before Congress.
Posted inJanuary/February/March 2019
The Democrats’ Pop-Up Foreign Policy Problem
Conservatives have created a permanent infrastructure of think tanks to generate foreign policy positions regardless of who’s in the White House. Liberals need to do the same.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Trump’s Foreign Policy: Fake Deals to Defuse Crises That He Created
His so-called ‘deal’ with Chinese President Xi fits the pattern.
