James Mattis’s Reassurance Tour Is Winning Admirers But Not Believers
The defense secretary is limited in how much he can reassure allies when his boss's erraticism is making them so unsettled.
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The Bonfire of Donald Trump’s Vanities
With the reckless, fishy sacking of James Comey, President Trump’s domestic behavior has become more than an embarrassment — it’s an international liability.
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The Trump Administration Is Heading for a 100-Day Train Wreck
The White House has few wins, no strategy, and one big problem that can't be fixed: the president himself.
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Is Trump’s Bold Syria Strike a Dangerous Miscalculation?
The president enforced the U.S. red line on chemical weapons, but this could all turn out very badly.
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Trump Has a Strategy for Destroying the Islamic State — and It’s Working
It may be incremental, but it's coherent. And watch out, Iran.
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Donald Trump Needs to Own the Yemen Raid
Soldiers and civilians die in the war against terrorists. But sending a message to our allies that we’re in the fight is more important.
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Trump Leaves Europe with Three Bad Options
This is America’s reality now: an unpredictable scattershot set of policies that weakens its alliances.
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Can Any National Security Advisor Tame President Trump?
No -- and he or she shouldn't try to.
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NATO’s in Crisis! (Again)
Secretary Mattis is not wrong when he says that Europeans should not expect Americans to care more about Europe's security than Europeans themselves do.
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Give Trump’s National Security Team Some Time. They’re Just Getting Started.
The president continues to be irascible toward allies, imperturbable toward Russia, and acting with reckless disregard for consequences. But his team ain't so bad.
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About Kori Schake
Kori Schake is a fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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