Maybe Trump really thinks sanctions will produce a "better" Iran deal. More likely, they're designed to justify conflict.
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The hard-right national security adviser successfully tanked the Iran deal. His next target? The North Korea talks.
The Turkish president may get his win next month, but when trouble comes, he'll own it.
It would be hard to find someone with more experience to run the CIA. And that’s why she’s a terrible choice.
Trump believes he can simultaneously capture a Nobel Peace Prize for North Korea while leaping toward war with Iran.
Careful Korean diplomacy, coupled Trump's desire to do what Obama couldn't, could mean a rapprochement on the Korean peninsula no one thought possible.
The unusual triple alliance coming out of Syria could change the regional balance of power and unhinge NATO — if it holds together at all.
Those China tariffs aren't surprising. What’s bizarre are the people praising Trump's recklessness and reviving his political fortunes.
The film contrasts aloof isolationism with Gates Foundation-style paternalism. It unfairly paints more revolutionary alternatives as narrowly violent.
The late civil rights leader warned prophetically that the U.S. would be trapped in a series of overseas military entanglements while the gap between the rich and poor back home grew ever larger.