Two-thirds of Trump’s national security team doesn’t get it
Compared with President Trump’s grab bag of extreme, inexperienced billionaire domestic advisers, he has a dream team on foreign policy. That does not mean the top advisers are doing well. To the...
View ArticleTrump’s most anti-American habit: Back-slapping murderers and thugs
In an April 29 call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, President Trump — contrary to the wishful thinking that he has become a “normal” president — evidenced his unfitness for the presidency....
View ArticleFreedom House: Democracy is losing
Freedom House is out with its exhaustive report on democracy and democratic trends around the world. There is very little good news: The 21st century has been marked by a resurgence of authoritarian...
View ArticleMaybe Tillerson and Trump will finally understand why human rights matter
President Trump, in a partial rollback of President Barack Obama’s rapprochement with Cuba, declared: America will expose the crimes of the Castro regime and stand with the Cuban people in their...
View ArticleTrump is AWOL in the fight for democracy in Europe
Western democratic values are under attack in many places — in Russia, China, Turkey and even in Europe. So when the authoritarian-leaning government in Poland retreated from a planned assault on the...
View ArticleWhy editing out ‘democracy’ matters
Republicans of all people should know that scrubbing words from an administration’s vocabulary (e.g., “Islamic terrorism” or “Islamic fundamentalism”) can be a powerful signal to enemies and friends...
View ArticleVenezuela shows why the U.S. cannot downgrade democracy
On Tuesday, my colleague Josh Rogin’s report that the State Department was considering excising “democratic” and “just” (as in a “just” society) from its mission and purpose statements induced a...
View ArticleIt’s not clear what to do about North Korea. But it’s clear what not to do.
The Post reports: President Trump on Tuesday issued a stern warning to North Korea, saying that if its threats to the United States continue, the outcast nation will be “met with fire and fury like the...
View ArticleTrump’s foreign policy gets one right
We haven’t been shy about criticizing the Trump administration’s many foreign policy failures. It’s only fair then to acknowledge when it gets one right. The Associated Press reports: A total of 19...
View ArticleLet’s hope internationalism is more than a phase for Democrats
During the Trump administration, the two major parties have undergone a reversal of sorts on foreign policy. Democrats have shown more support for strong U.S. leadership in the world and robust...
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