China is taking advantage of the fact that even the most even-tempered of allies have had it with Trump and his tantrums.
Trump Delivers Lunch to Beijing
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North America
Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran
Trump’s denunciations of the Iranian killings ring fatally hollow.
Canada’s Pivot Is a Warning to the United States and the Entire Alliance System
What happens when America’s most integrated ally decides that it can no longer afford the relationship?
The United States of Consumption
The U.S. military is a big part of the problem.
The Man Who Would Be King (of the World)
With his new Board of Peace, Trump is now bent on conquering the world.
Venezuela and the Revival of Regime Change
Trump’s doubling down on imperialism in Latin America is a formula for decline.
Why Cuba Is Back on Washington’s Regime-Change Agenda
The Trump administration is plotting its next move after Venezuela.
How the “Kill Line” Redefined the American Dream in China
The growing holes in America’s safety net reveal the insecurity at the core of the world’s richest nation.
Trump Tries to Overturn the World Order
And the world is starting to fight back.
The Donroe Doctrine and the Cost of Foreign Policy by Spectacle
Trump’s desire to annex Greenland threatens to tear apart not only NATO but the entire rules-based order.