Policy
Trump Sparks Outrage with Claims That Rocks Should Be Treated As Firearms
But there is precedent for firing on rock-throwers on the border. CBP agents have done so on numerous occasions.
Ideas
The Lesson of Saruman
Tolkien has a warning to erstwhile #NeverTrumpers who are now choosing to ally with power rather than hold to their values.
Ideas
Trump Needs Help Picking Between His Contradictory Foreign-Policy Desires
Unfortunately, not even a 21st-century version of Eisenhower’s Solarium planning exercise is likely to help.
Ideas
Four Perfectly Trump Reasons Why He Wants Out of the INF Treaty
Within the president's haphazard foreign policy, there is logical coherence to him quitting a nuclear treaty Russia ignores. But it won’t make us safer.
Ideas
Trump Hobbled Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism
The administration cut programs designed to prevent atrocities like Pittsburgh.
Ideas
In a Post-Khashoggi World, Impunity Will Reign
The ugly geopolitics in the wake of the Saudi journalist’s death point to a new era of impunity.
Threats
China, Russia Listening in on Trump’s Phone Calls
China is trying to figure out "arguments that work" to help it lobby Trump over the trade war, the New York Times reported.
Policy
Pentagon Officials Debating How Fast to Launch Space Force, Deputy Says
White House panel announces formal recommendations, while Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan confirms NRO will remain apart from Space Force.
Policy
Pompeo's Foreign Policy? Follow Trump's Lead
Pompeo has responded to the Khashoggi affair in lockstep with Trump.
Policy
Mattis Asks Trump to OK US Space Command, Pick Leaders
The Pentagon has made a number of internal moves to create the 11th combatant command.
Ideas
The Week That Tied Mideast Experts in Knots
Sanctions are not always bad, engagement is not always good, and transactional policy cuts both ways.
Policy
The Khashoggi Affair Will Change the US-Saudi Relationship
Even if the storm largely blows over, U.S. law means some aspects will never be the same.
Ideas
Trump Asks, 'I Mean, What's an Ally?'
In the president's world, there is no higher question than “who’s getting paid?”
Ideas
Human Rights Have Evaporated from America’s Saudi Policy
The administration’s reticence about the disappearance of a Saudi journalist is offensive, but it’s also clarifying.
Ideas
What Happens to the World When America Stops Standing for What’s Right?
The disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi drives home the consequences of the Trump administration’s refusal to champion democratic values around the globe.
Ideas
Congress Is Forcing a Reluctant White House to Confront Saudi Arabia
The Jamal Khashoggi crisis may finally push lawmakers to put real pressure on Mohammed bin Salman.
Ideas
Who Will Replace Nikki Haley?
Trump has increasingly sought advisers who are less apt to push back on his disruptive agenda.
Ideas
All the Times Trump Has Invoked ‘National Security’
The president does so a lot — mostly in regard to immigration and trade.
Business
Trump Wants Chinese Parts Out of American Weapons
The White House will call for targeted investments in domestic manufacturing in an industrial-base report to be unveiled Friday.
Policy