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Who’s the Real Maverick: Trump or McCain?

Posted by on Jan 3, 2019 in Articles, Featured, US Foreign Policy |
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0 comments John McCain was an American politician. That sums up his best and worst qualities. He was not a maverick. As a rather conventional politician, he wasn’t even particularly courageous or much of a straight talker. He represented establishment values as the establishment tilted ever rightward. And yet, in comparison to what passes for political orthodoxy in the White House these days, John McCain...
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Europe Should Bolt NATO

Posted by on Aug 12, 2018 in Articles, Europe, Featured |
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0 comments Donald Trump hasn’t shown a lot of love lately toward America’s European allies. On his recent trip to Europe, he dismissed Germany as Moscow’s minion and called the European Union a “foe.” He’s also treated NATO as an alliance to be bullied into submission rather than as the premier method of coordinating security policy with friendly nations. He even threatened to pull the United...
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Trump’s Assault on Europe

Posted by on Aug 9, 2018 in Articles, Europe, Featured |
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0 comments Donald Trump didn’t fly to Europe to meet with NATO, European leaders, and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He got there by stepping through the looking glass. Once on the other side, Trump made a series of extraordinary statements that have effectively turned U.S. foreign policy upside down. He accused Germany of being “totally controlled by Russia.” He declared that the European Union is...
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The New New Cold War

Posted by on Apr 8, 2018 in Articles, Featured, Russia and Eastern Europe, Security |
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0 comments When an epoch ends, as the Cold War did between 1989 and 1991, it takes some time to come up with a name for the new order. For some years, the world lived in a “post-Cold War” era. That phrase was supposed to capture the optimism of a new beginning as well as the uncertainty that accompanies any great transition. “Post-Cold War” didn’t last long. The horrors of Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and...
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When Trump’s Push Comes to Shove in Europe

Posted by on Aug 2, 2017 in Articles, Europe, Featured |
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0 comments It has become increasingly difficult to distinguish between the reality show of Donald Trump in the Oval Office and the Saturday Night Live parody of the president. Was it Donald Trump — or Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump — who shouldered aside the prime minister of Montenegro to gain a better position at the NATO photo shoot last week? Or maybe Donald Trump was imitating Alec Baldwin, the...
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