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Eyeing Greenland and the Panama Canal, Trump dusts off an old American playbook

Annexing strategic territory wouldn’t be a new tactic. But it would be a path to global chaos.

Jimmy Carter, America’s greatest former president

Carter refused to become a bland elder statesman and did not shy away from controversy.

The map of the Middle East is being rewritten again

The overthrow of other dictators in the region has led not to democracy but to terror and upheaval. Will Syria be different?

Maybe Trump can make peace with Iran after all

Unlikely as it may seem, a window is opening for a deal with Tehran.

How Trump could reorder the world

Trump may overturn the US approach to three major geopolitical challenges: the Gaza war, the Ukraine war, and the rise of China.