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Global Conflicts to Watch in 2018
The U.S. is now the most unpredictable actor in the world today.
Threats
North Korea Says It Has ‘Completed’ Its Nuclear Program. What Does That Mean?
Pyongyang’s message boils down to ‘it’s no use shutting the gate after the horse has moved on.’
Ideas
What's Dangerous About Donald Trump's Foreign Policy?
His unorthodox approach has frightened some observers. But it’s his more conventional moves that have cost the most lives.
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Can Russia Help the US as Much as Trump Says It Can?
What the U.S. president may have in mind when he tweets about teaming up with Putin “to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism."
Ideas
A Former CIA Director Describes the Dangers of 'Trump Unleashed'
John Brennan praises the advisers who restrain Donald Trump’s impulses, calls out the president’s “enablers” inside the White House, and considers the prospect of World War III.
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The Contradiction at the Core of Trump's North Korea Strategy
The president’s national-security advisers say they’re running out of time to do something extremely time-consuming.
Ideas
Donald Trump, Dealbreaker
The president's America First policy is causing the U.S. to withdraw from the world.
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How to Tell If North Korea and America Are Actually Headed to War
Watch what Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un do, not just what they say.
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The United States and Russia Are Increasingly at Odds in Syria
Amid disagreements about what might come after ISIS, Moscow says its missiles will track some US aircraft as targets.
Ideas
The Trouble With How Liberals Talk About Terrorism
So what if falling objects kill more people? It's not just about the death toll.
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Trump's North Korea Policy Just Got More Complicated
Moon Jae In, South Korea’s newly elected president, has policy ideas of his own.
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Russia's Digital War on the West Is Just Getting Started
Democracies across the West are vulnerable to foreign influence—and some are under attack.
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What Are America's Options on North Korea?
At this point, there are only two ways to reverse its nuclear program, one expert says.
Ideas
America Is Facing a Dangerous Enemy. We Just Can’t Agree Who It Is
Our ideological adversary is powerful, authoritarian, and spreading. And it is completely different depending on which government officials you’re talking to.
Policy
The Foreign-Policy Establishment Defends Itself From Trump
'The question confronting us as a nation is as consequential as any we have faced since the late 1940s,' a group of Republican and Democratic experts write.
Ideas
What America’s Last Red Scare Can Tell Us About Trump and Russia
'Quite often the facts get lost in the hysteria,' one historian says.
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President Trump Sets a Remarkable Bar for Critiquing His Military Operations
The president took to Twitter to argue that publicly discussing the success or failure of a mission 'only emboldens the enemy.'
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What the World Might Look Like in 5 Years, According to US Intelligence
Even America's own government analysts see the American Era drawing to a close.
Threats
The Key to Putin’s Cyber Power
The Russian president has both the capability and the intent to cause harm, says a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. And the threat won’t vanish once Donald Trump takes office.
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