Trump’s Syria Strategy Would Be a Disaster
The president-elect wants to ally with Assad and Russia to fight the Islamic State – but he’s going to end up empowering extremists and causing chaos across the Middle East.
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Rosa Brooks
Thanassis Cambanis
Elizabeth Dickinson
Laurie Garrett
Kim Ghattas
Julia Ioffe
Leela Jacinto
Whitney Kassel
Jeffrey Lewis
Aaron David Miller
Suzanne Nossel
Thomas E. Ricks
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Kori Schake
Emile Simpson
James Stavridis
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Stephen M. Walt
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The Russian leader now has a sympathetic president in Washington, but he should be wary of the problems Donald Trump could bring to Moscow.
After Trump’s Upset, White House Shifts to Damage Control
Obama will try to protect his policies in his final months in office, but much of his legacy will be at the mercy of Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress.
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On election night, Bill Clinton’s former State Department spokesman describes a Hillary Clinton doctrine: diplomacy backed by force.
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As Republicans and Democrats hashed out their differences, politicians from Iran to Israel made it all about themselves.
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