Megatrends vs. MAGA trends? I’m betting on the former carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/…

I believe there is a phrase for this. It’s called “ethnic cleansing” nytimes.com/2025/01/26/wor…

Trump's inaugural address emphasized U.S. Sovereignty and American Exceptionalism. Unfortunately, his interpretation of both is distorted and self-defeating . I explain why 👇 carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/…

My take on Trump's disastrous assault on USAID. How telling that the he put the world's richest man in charge of gutting an agency charged with fighting poverty. carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/…

Attaboy, Olaf nytimes.com/2025/02/15/wor…

This is what integrity looks like. From a former Kavanaugh clerk no less. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

The Art of the Shakedown. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

priceless

Munich, 1938 and 2025. Give Vance credit. If you’re bent on Appeasement, this is where to do it.

Trump has directed SecState to review ALL U.S. treaties and international organizations and to make withdrawal recommendations. See my Carnegie Endowment essay carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/…

I like Senators who aren't captured.

Kremlin stooge? You be the judge nytimes.com/2025/02/20/wor…

This is really good. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

Democracy Dies in Cowardice (With all that money, Bezos still feels the need to bend the knee??) washingtonpost.com/style/media/20…

Yesterday’s Cabinet meeting with Elon was a comedy of terrors, reminiscent of The Death of Stalin

In just two months, Trump has upended global order and the U.S. role in the world. In my latest Carnegie Endowment essay, I count 10 dramatic shifts--and innumerable costs carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2025/…

President Trump’s first months in office have presented a radical shift in global norms, writes Stewart Patrick. How has he managed to change so much, so quickly? Identifying a unified Trump Doctrine may be impossible, but here are some key themes to watch ⬇️ Read Stewart’s

Nothing to see here, folks. Nothing reminiscent of the KGB, or "disappearances" in totalitarian states. Call it fascism, totalitarianism, or just thuggery. I call it un-American. washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Might the UN go the way of the League of Nations? In my latest Carnegie Endowment essay, I argue that Trump's "America First" policies echoes disastrous U.S. mistakes in the interwar years. tinyurl.com/yc24yzhu

Does "the West" still exist in the age of #Trump? In a new Foreign Affairs piece, I write that its demise will herald a more dangerous era foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…