Shadow Government 2017-2021
List of Shadow Government 2017-2021 articles
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD - FEBRUARY 23: White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon participates in a conversation during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center February 23, 2017 in National Harbor, Maryland. Hosted by the American Conservative Union, CPAC is an annual gathering of right wing politicians, commentators and their supporters. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Bannon’s Vision of the World Isn’t What Makes America Great
Tearing down a system that, for all its missteps, helped produce decades of peace among the great powers, spread democracy, and share unparalleled progress is not the way to put Americans first.
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gettyimages-644030696 Don’t Forget the Russia Sanctions Are Russia’s Fault
Three years ago, Vladimir Putin took his own country down the road to pariah status.
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A Chinese magazine with a front page story naming US President-elect Donald Trump as their Person of the Year is seen at a news stand in Beijing on December 29, 2016. / AFP / GREG BAKER (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s China Policy Is a Paper Tiger
Trump has proved to be a paper tiger with China, making himself look weak in the eyes of Chinese leaders, which, in turn, will embolden China’s own assertive behavior.
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US President Donald Trump (C) announces US Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster (L) as his national security adviser and Keith Kellogg (R) as McMaster's chief of staff at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on February 20, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s NSC, State Department, and Pentagon Need to Play Together
Coherent national security strategy is influenced by three key institutional relationships.
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gettyimages-642597752crop Everyone at Munich Pretended Everything Was Normal
At a time of global upheaval, policy makers from the West prefer to act as if nothing has changed.
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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. / AFP / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) President Trump’s Terrible One-Month Report Card
How to assess the damage after the first 30 days.
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NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 28: Mexican immigrant Nieves Ojendiz holds her 4-year old daughter Jane as she attends an immigration reform rally with members and supporters of the New York Immigration Coalition, June 28, 2016 in New York City, New York. Last week the U.S. Supreme Court deadlocked in a 4-4 decision concerning President Barack ObamaÕs immigration plan, which would have protected millions of undocumented immigrants from being deported. Because the Supreme Court was split, a 2015 lower-court ruling invalidating ObamaÕs executive action will stand. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Mass Deportations Will Not Make America Safer
Trump is leading a crackdown dressed up as a public security measure that puts hardline enforcement ahead of civil liberties.
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 1: (AFP OUT) U.S. President Donald Trump (2nd L) reacts after Rex Tillerson (seated), accompanied by wife Renda St. Clair, signed an appointment affidavit after being sworn in as the 69th secretary of state by Vice President Mike Pence (L) in the Oval Office of the White House on February 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Tillerson was confirmed by the Senate earlier in the day in a 56-43 vote. (Photo by Michael Reynolds-Pool/Getty Images) People of the World: Beware Trump’s Smooth-Talking Emissaries
Rather than being a check on Trump’s worst instincts, the Cabinet officials easing the world's concerns will be his enablers.
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US Defence Minister James Mattis addresses the press during a NATO defence ministers' meetings at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on February 15, 2017. / AFP / EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images) Can Mattis Back Up His NATO Threat?
If you needed reassurance that Mattis not just knows NATO but feels it, you got that in his remarks on Wednesday.
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PALM BEACH, FL - MARCH 11: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen as former presidential candidate Ben Carson gives him his endorsement during a press conference at the Mar-A-Lago Club on March 11, 2016 in Palm Beach, Florida. Presidential candidates continue to campaign before Florida's March 15th primary day. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Emperor Donald the Weak
The president wanted the White House to dominate the country, but he’s too disorganized to even run the executive branch.
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BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - FEBRUARY 18: Flags of the European Union member states hang inside the Council of the European Union's Lex building on February 18, 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. Most of Europe's 28 member state leaders are gathering in Brussels to take part in a crucial summit and vote on British Prime Minister David Cameron's pledge to renegotiate the terms of Britain's membership in the EU, namely proposals to limit benefits for migrant workers. A referendum on whether Great Britain will stay in or leave the European Union is to be held before the end of 2017, though many expect it to take place in June this year. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) Europe Is the West’s Last Defense Against Populism
A sizable bloc of voters across Western democracies sense that they are on the losing end of globalization – and want to defect from it.
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KAZAN, RUSSIA - JULY 24: Vladimir Putin, President of Russia applauds during the Opening Ceremony of the 16th FINA World Championships at TatNeft Arena on July 24, 2015 in Kazan, Russia. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images) Trump Needs a Russia Policy, or Putin Will Force One on Him
Unintentionally or not, the White House still appears to have no firm policy on the greatest threat facing the United States.
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People read a Kenyan daily newspaper with the front page showing newly elected US President Donald Trump in Nairobi on November 10, 2016. Donald Trump's extraordinary US election victory sent shockwaves across the world on November 9, 2016, as opponents braced for a "dangerous" leader in the White House while fellow populists hailed a ballot-box revolution by ordinary people. America's allies put a diplomatically brave face on the outcome of the deeply divisive presidential race, which has implications for everything from trade to human rights, climate change to global conflicts. / AFP / SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Deafening Silence on Africa
President Trump’s repeated emphasis of “America First” during his inaugural speech leaves many to wonder what will be the basis for U.S.-African cooperation in in the Trump era.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 28: White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus (R) looks on as President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office of the White House, January 28, 2017 in Washington, DC. On Saturday, President Trump is making several phone calls with world leaders from Japan, Germany, Russia, France and Australia. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) Don’t Trust Trump’s Vows to Keep Sanctions on Russia
Putin could still get everything he wants without any formal lifting of sanctions.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures as he talks to journalist from a balcony of the Palais Coburg hotel where the Iran nuclear talks are being held in Vienna on July 10, 2015. Iran accused major powers on Friday of backtracking on previous pledges and throwing up new "red lines" at nuclear talks, after the deadline to reach an agreement in time to receive expedited scrutiny from the U.S. Congress expired with no deal. AFP PHOTO / POOL / CARLOS BARRIA (Photo credit should read CARLOS BARRIA/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Iran Policy Is Missing One Big Piece
The Trump administration should maintain the communications channels the Obama administration opened with Iran.
