The president puts Afghanistan and Trump behind us and returns to international cooperation, but from the French submarine affair to refugee chaos, he’s falling short.
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The Plot Against American Global Leadership
Trump doesn’t want a smart foreign policy. He wants to build a nativist political movement at home.
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Do You Like Your Planet Regular, or Extra Crispy?
Fifteen years ago today, just weeks after George W. Bush invaded Iraq in a war for oil, Princeton University Professor Michael Oppenheimer wrote a column for the New York Times in which he observed: [T]he global warming issue, and particularly America’s handling of it, has become a central geopolitical concern. Speaking at a delicate moment […]
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The Difference Between a Real President and a Reality-TV One
Eight years ago last Saturday–September 23, 2009–President Obama addressed the United Nations General Assembly. Portions of that speech are quite eerie, as though Obama somehow anticipated that the President who followed him would likely be someone who openly scorned the UN. Consider this passage: Franklin Roosevelt, who died before he could see his vision for […]
