Shadow Government 2017-2021
List of Shadow Government 2017-2021 articles
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on Iran's nuclear program in Tel Aviv on April 30. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images) Netanyahu’s ‘Iran Lied’ Presentation Shows Why Trump Should Keep the Nuke Deal
Israel and the United States are both led by men who are hard to trust.
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Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of State, speaks during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on April 12. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Six Essential Tasks for Trump’s New Secretary of State
Here’s how Mike Pompeo should begin his tenure.
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Then-U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, right, prepare to discuss the Iran nuclear deal in Lausanne, Switzerland, on March 20, 2015. (Brian Snyder/AFP/Getty Images) Trump’s Middle Ground on Iran Deal Sanctions Waivers Is a Myth
I helped negotiate the nuclear deal — and I know what would undo it.
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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attends the plenary session of the Summit of the America in Lima, Peru, on April 14. (Luka Gonzales/AFP/Getty Images) Make the Summit of the Americas Great Again
The Western Hemisphere needs a more ambitious agenda.
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Members of the 115th U.S. Congress take the oath of office in Washington on Jan. 3, 2017. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) Congress Has Willfully Abdicated Its Responsibility Over War
It’s time for legislators to share in the authority they claim to want.
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A South Korean soldier walks past a television showing U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a railway station in Seoul on March 9. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Is Moving in the Right Direction on North Korea
The risks of a summit remain high. But diplomacy works.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing on Syria in the White House on April 9. From left: U.S. Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley, Vice President Mike Pence, Trump, and National Security Advisor John Bolton. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images) Trump’s Passive-Aggressive Syria Policy Risks Creating More Mayhem in the Middle East
The United States is pursuing a worst-of-both-worlds mix of hawkish confrontation and strategic retrenchment.
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Mike Pompeo during his confirmation hearing to be CIA director in Washington on Jan. 12, 2017. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Here’s What the Senate Should Ask Mike Pompeo
Democratic foreign-policy veterans want answers from Trump’s pick for secretary of state.
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Then-Congressman Mike Pompeo listens as Hillary Clinton testifies before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in Washington, D.C. on Oct. 22, 2015. (Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) Pompeo Has Been Undermining the State Department Since the Benghazi Investigation
Trump's nominee for secretary of state must answer for the false claims and recycled conspiracies he propagated.
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U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Da Nang, Vietnam, on Nov. 11, 2017. (Jorge Silva/Getty Images) Trump Still Doesn’t Take Russia Seriously
Rather than speaking out against Putin, the U.S. president is playing into Moscow’s hands.
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A U.S. Tomahawk missile flies toward Syria on April 7, 2017. (Ford Williams/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) One Year Ago, Pundits Welcomed a Turning Point in Syria. They Were Wrong.
U.S. policy in the Middle East is being guided by Trump's doctrine of incoherent chaos. And it's only getting worse.
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Gen. Thomas Waldhauser holds a news conference in Djibouti on April 23, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool/Getty Images) Trump’s Militaristic Africa Policy Will Backfire
Instead, the United States should pursue a holistic, long-term strategy.
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A South Korean soldier walks past a television displaying images of U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at a railway station in Seoul on March 9. (Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images) Trump Should Do His Nuke Deal Homework
The Iran nuclear accord contains lessons for talks with North Korea.
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John Bolton appears on a TV monitor as he speaks on "Meet the Press" in Washington on Oct. 15, 2006. (Alex Wong/Getty Images for Meet the Press) John Bolton Is a National Security Threat
John Bolton wants regime change in North Korea and Iran, and he’ll do whatever it takes to get it.
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Hwasong-15 ballistic missiles on display during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Feb. 8. (KCNA via KNS/AFP/Getty Images) ‘Fixing’ the Iran Nuke Deal Ahead of North Korea Talks Is a Terrible Idea
The road to Pyongyang does not pass through Tehran.
