Why Japan Is Not Laughing at Trump’s Pearl Harbor Jokes
Welcome to a new, transactional era of American foreign policy where history is not a set of lessons to be learned but a rhetorical cudgel to be used against friends.
Boy-Gangsters in High Office
Many citizens of Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran are unhappy with their regimes. But it is not up to self-proclaimed saviors from the outside to overthrow the leaders of those countries.
Sovereignty of the Afghan State under the Taliban
The Taliban’s rule violates international norms, but that doesn’t give Pakistan the right to violate Afghanistan’s sovereignty.
The Greenland Effect
Trump’s rhetoric is revitalizing EU mutual defense.
Chokepoints and Chains
The Strait of Hormuz crisis reveals much about global supply fragility.
The Paris Prelude: Why the U.S. and China are Moving Toward a Cold Peace
Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.
When AI Kills
The old anxiety about losing jobs has been eclipsed by something far grimmer: machines are now taking lives.
U.S. Bases in the Age of Precision Missiles and Modern Warfare
The Iran War has again revealed the vulnerability of overseas U.S. bases.
The Case for Global Climate Reparations
The principle of making polluters pay works at a local level. Here’s how to apply it to the international arena.
Why the War in Iran Defies a Quick End
The conflict is descending into a protracted, grinding stalemate of social and civilizational endurance.
The Expansion of the Donroe Doctrine
Trump is attempting to synthesize the dying Oil Revolution with the ascendant Mineral Revolution.
Years of Meddling in Cuba and Nicaragua
The National Endowment for Democracy is willing to go rogue in pursuit of regime change.
Mysterious Libertarian Venture in the Caribbean
Is a special economic zone on the island of Nevis just a covert scheme to create the world’s first libertarian country?
Trump, the Dying Multilateral Order, and the Global South
International law has been replaced by the principle of might makes right.