Donald Trump ran for office promising to shake up U.S. grand strategy.

The world now knows Trump’s initial play. But what of Iran’s next move? Here history suggests a course forward, which, if history is indeed our guide, says diplomacy is the endgame. What matters most ...

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It is not yet clear how much damage was done to Iran’s civilian nuclear facilities by the fourteen bunker-buster bombs the United States dropped last weekend. But the damage done to international law, ...

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We should normalize using the word “protectorate” instead of “ally.” It will help in objective and achievable foreign policy ...

Now that he’s bombed Iran, Trump could withdraw from negotiations and say that the stated alternative, military action, has set back Tehran’s program to his satisfaction. Alternatively, with the ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) had no choice. He had to say something. And so, on the morning following Zohran Mamdani’s shock upset in the New York City Democratic primary for mayor on Tuesday, the ...

In an opinion released Friday morning, the Supreme Court ruled 6–3 that lower courts do not have the authority to issue ...

University of Virginia President James E. Ryan is resigning from his role following demands to do so by the Trump administration. The move, first reported by the New York Times on Friday afternoon ...

Indeed, Mamdani seems in large part to define himself by opposing the Four-Point Way for mayors laid out above. So much more ...

The Americans For Health Freedom founder Mary Talley Bowden also raised concerns about “conflicts of interest” within the ...