What Is a ‘Reverse Nixon,’ and Can Trump Pull It Off?
Dividing America’s adversaries isn’t as easy as all that.
Global
The Administration Takes a Hatchet to the NSC
Friday night’s firings will make the next crisis that much more dangerous.
Ukraine’s New Way of War
American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything.
Trump Is Making Netanyahu Nervous
Cracks are showing in the U.S.-Israel alliance.
‘All They Want Is America. All They Have Is Panama.’
They thought they’d reached their journeys’ end. Now many of them have come full circle.
The Long War That Ended Last Week
The PKK is disarming. Can Turkey keep the peace?
Trump Is Crushing the Netanyahu Myth
The Israeli leader and his allies bet everything on Trump. But he’s just not that into them.
Modi’s Escalation Trap
A counterterrorism policy designed to burnish a strongman’s image risks setting off new rounds of conflict.
What Trump Got Right in the Middle East
He put business front and center and politics to the side.
Trump’s Basic Misunderstanding About the War in Ukraine
If the president wants a peace deal, he must change his approach to Putin.