Has the expectation that presidents will act in a public-spirited matter now also become a partisan stance?
The president uses them for political and personal ends. The damage he’s wrought along the way won’t be easily repaired.
Plus: The “wingnut theory” of politics
A better future requires Putin’s defeat—and the end to imperial aspirations.
If China wants to do something drastic, President Tsai Ing-wen told me, “Xi has to weigh the costs. He has to think twice.”
Election interference is one front in Moscow’s larger campaign to undermine the U.S. without prompting a military response.
The attack on the crucial link between Russia and Crimea matters less for its tactical significance and more for what it says about the course of the war.
Recent advances in military technology may push us closer to the edge.
If reelected, he would end our commitment to the European alliance, reshaping the international order and hobbling American influence in the world.
Russia's wily president has outmaneuvered Western leaders for years. Is Barack Obama next?