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When Donald Trump Says His Foreign Policy Is ‘America First’—What Exactly Does He Mean?

When Donald Trump Says His Foreign Policy Is ‘America First’—What Exactly Does He Mean?

Four experts consider how exactly Trump might go about making America great again.

Extremists fear the Iranian nuclear deal might work

Extremists fear the Iranian nuclear deal might work

DONALD TRUMP HAS promised that as soon as he becomes president of the United States, he will “rip up and rescind this catastrophic Iranian nuclear deal.” Hard-liners in Iran are cheering. One of their leaders, the powerful editor Hossein Shariatmadari, recently declared, “The wisest plan of crazy Trump is tearing up the nuclear deal.” Extremists in […]

The CIA’s Holy War

No espionage operation or covert action was deemed too extreme by a CIA that saw only friends or enemies.

Handle the Bear with care

Handle the Bear with care

ONE MORNING EARLIER THIS month an American guided missile destroyer, the USS Donald Cook, set sail from Poland on a NATO exercise. It slowed down less than 50 miles from a Russian military base and began a series of maneuvers, including landings by Polish helicopters and the deployment of an antisubmarine device. Alarmed Russian commanders responded […]

Trump’s refreshing foreign policy heresy

Trump’s refreshing foreign policy heresy

      THANK YOU, TRUMP! That does not roll trippingly off the tongue. There is ample reason to be terrified of Donald Trump’s possible ascension to the presidency. Yet because he has dared to question ossified principles of our foreign policy, he deserves our gratitude. Trump steadfastly refuses to accept the world affairs catechism […]