Argument
An expert’s point of view on a current event.
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LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - MARCH 07: Queen Elizabeth II attends a service for the Order of the British Empire at St Paul's Cathedral on March 7, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Geoff Pugh - WPA Pool /Getty Images) The Queen Doesn’t Need Saving From Donald Trump
British royals aren't wilting flowers — they’re diplomatic weapons. And Elizabeth II is one of the best.
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netanyahutrump Trump’s Two-State Tap Dance Won’t Last
Despite the president's recent remarks, the two-state solution is still the only path to Middle East peace that serves U.S. interests.
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BIERE, GERMANY - JULY 01: Server rack at the new data center of T-Systems, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG on July 01, 2014, in Biere, Germany. T-Systems is the largest German and one of the largest European IT services companies. (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images) The Rules of the Brave New Cyberworld
A chaotic, dangerous cyber-enabled landscape is on the horizon. Can Trump — and the United States — define the rules and harness the power to build and contain it?
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This undated photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on December 11, 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) during a combat drill of the service personnel of the special operation battalion of the Korean People's Army Unit 525. / AFP / KCNA VIA KNS / KNS / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read KNS/AFP/Getty Images) There Are No Ordinary North Korean Aristocrats
Kim Jong Un’s half-brother was assassinated for the crime of being related to a dictator.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: (L-R) National Counterterrorism Center Director Matthew Olsen, FBI Director James Comey, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, CIA Director John Brennan, Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn testify during a hearing before Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee January 29, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on "Current and Projected National Security Threats Against the United States." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump Is Showing How the Deep State Really Works
America's intelligence agencies aren’t operating outside the law – they’re using the vast power they’ve acquired within it.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY JEROME RIVET A view of the meeting room at the current NATO headquarters in Brussels on November 13, 2013. NATO allies at the Washington Summit in 1999 decided to replace the existing headquarters and build new NATO headquarters directly across the street. NATO has been based in the same building since 1967 and since then the number of NATO members has nearly doubled from 15 to 28 countries. The new headquarters, currently under construction, are scheduled to open in the spring or early summer of 2016. AFP PHOTO / POOL / VIRGINIA MAYO (Photo credit should read VIRGINIA MAYO/AFP/Getty Images) This Is How NATO Ends
With the quiet shuttering of an irrelevant Brussels office building in September 2020.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 13: U.S. President Donald Trump listens as he participates in a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the East Room of the White House on February 13, 2017 in Washington, DC. The two leaders participated in a roundtable discussion on the advancement of women entrepreneurs and business leaders. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Donald Trump’s Russia Scandal Is Just Getting Started
The White House says Mike Flynn was going rogue, but there’s no good reason to believe that.
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trump Trump and Netanyahu Won’t Bury the Two-State Solution
Any agreement between the two leaders, no matter how close they are, will likely be less than revolutionary.
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TO GO WITH Philippines-China-military-US-maritime-diplomacy,FOCUS by Cecil Morella This photo taken on June 7, 2014 shows the Philippine Navy frigate BRP Ramon Alacraz anchored at the mouth of the South China Sea in Ulugan Bay off Puerto Princesa on Palawan island. Ulugan Bay, with a coastline partly concealed by thick mangrove forests, is at the centre of the Philippine military's efforts to shore up the defence of contested South China Sea islands and waters. AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images) How America Can Take Control in the South China Sea
A simple playbook to prove China is all bark and no bite over its disputed islands.
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isof Memo to Trump: Iraq Is Too Big to Fail
If the president derails the U.S. alliance with Baghdad, the only ones to benefit would be Iran and the Islamic State.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at Belfast International airport in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on June 17, 2013, to attend the G8 summit at the Lough Erne resort. US President Barack Obama was to meet Putin for potentially vexatious talks, as both leaders now offer open military backing to rival sides in Syria's civil war. AFP PHOTO/ PETER MUHLY The Kremlin Is Starting to Worry About Trump
Vladimir Putin's entourage cheered the outcome of the U.S. election – until they saw exactly what they were dealing with.
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gettyimages-739181 America First Shouldn’t Mean America Alone
If Donald Trump can’t play nice with U.S. allies, his presidency could crash and burn in the Horn of Africa.
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trump_kid Donald Trump’s 1950s Self-Help Foreign Policy
The American president’s approach to power is a throwback to the decade of his youth.
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Syrians walk amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following reported air strikes by regime forces in the rebel-held area of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on August 30, 2015. More than 240,000 people have been killed since Syria's conflict began in March 2011, and half of the country's population has been displaced by the war. AFP PHOTO / ABD DOUMANY / AFP / ABD DOUMANY (Photo credit should read ABD DOUMANY/AFP/Getty Images) If Trump Wants Safe Zones in Syria, There Have to Be Boots on the Ground
There’s just no way to protect innocent lives without putting professional militaries into the fight.
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In this photograph taken on September 7, 2016, an Indian man works at a call center of TravelKhana in Noida. Passengers on India's vast railway network have long complained of the terrible food on offer to sustain them on long journeys, but now all that is changing thanks to a slew of new services bringing fast food to your seat. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: 'India-Lifestyle-Transport-Food', FEATURE by Bhuvan BAGGA (Photo credit should read CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images) Steve Bannon’s War on India’s High-Tech Economy
The Trump administration's protectionism isn't just focused on foreign manufacturers, but competition from foreign services.
