Peter Beinart
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Mike Segar / Reuters The Iran Deal and the Dark Side of American Exceptionalism
Donald Trump’s decision to leave the nuclear agreement reflects a view that America has unique rights in the world—but not unique responsibilities.
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Suhaib Salem / Reuters Iran Hawks Are the New Iraq Hawks
Many of the assumptions that guided America’s march to conflict in 2003 still dominate American foreign policy today.
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Amir Cohen / Reuters Benjamin Netanyahu: TV Star
He knows that a commanding performance is the best way to convince Donald Trump to cancel the Iran nuclear deal.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Trump May Already Be Violating the Iran Deal
The deal’s opponents keep saying Tehran has failed to live up to its commitments to the U.S. But what if it’s the other way around?
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Khalil Ashawi / Reuters Striking the Syrian Regime Is Not Legitimate
The Trump administration may say it wants a humanitarian intervention. But the strikes it’s considering fail to meet the criteria that would justify it.
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Evan Vucci / AP Trump's Dangerous Threat of War
“Get ready Russia,” Trump warned on Wednesday, promising strikes on Syria. Even as he contemplates igniting one constitutional crisis, his promise of military action perpetuates another.
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Alex Brandon / AP The Deeply Underdeveloped Worldview of John Bolton
A careful review of his bibliography reveals a narrow, privileged understanding of global affairs.
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Charlie Neibergall / AP John Bolton and the Normalization of Fringe Conservatism
Donald Trump’s incoming national-security adviser has provided support for anti-Muslim voices on the right.
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J. Scott Applewhite / AP The Problem With Biden's Fantasy About Beating Up Trump
The former vice president’s comments about what he would have done to the current president in high school send a dangerous message, even if the point was to stand against sexual assault.
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Aaron Bernstein / Reuters Republicans Don't Want a Primary Challenge to Trump
Contrary to the longings of NeverTrumpers, there’s no groundswell of support among the GOP rank and file for a challenger to the president.
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Ryan Melgar The Nancy Pelosi Problem
The first female speaker of the House has become the most effective congressional leader of modern times—and, not coincidentally, the most vilified.
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Charles Dharapak / AP Mike Pompeo's Allies on the Anti-Muslim Right
The new secretary of state nominee hasn’t merely consorted with anti-Muslim bigots. He has echoed their arguments.
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Andrew Harnik / AP The Rise of Right-Wing Foreign Policy in America
Rex Tillerson may have represented the last gasp of a certain kind of moderate Republican thinking about the world.
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Kevin Lamarque / Reuters What Trump Means When He Calls Gary Cohn a 'Globalist'
On Thursday, the president applied an epithet with a troubling, anti-Semitic history to the outgoing director of his National Economic Council.
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Brian Snyder / Reuters AIPAC's Struggle to Avoid the Fate of the NRA
The organization is desperately trying to maintain its bipartisan membership and avoid the pull of polarization—but it’s almost certain to fail.
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Dominick Reuter / AFP / Getty Conservatives Are Losing the Culture War Over Guns
While Republicans have successfully blocked legislative changes, Americans’ attitudes are changing.
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Thomas Peter / AP Trump Is Preparing for a New Cold War
By undermining America’s soft power even as it ramps up competition with China, the Trump administration is sabotaging its own strategy.
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Jonathan Ernst / Reuters The Flawed Nationalism of Donald Trump
The president can’t grasp that what matters most about the Russia attack is not what it reveals about his political legitimacy but what it reveals about America’s national vulnerability.
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Joshua Roberts / Reuters The Democrats Keep Capitulating on Defense Spending
On domestic policy, the party is moving left. On foreign and defense policy, the party barely exists.
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Lenny Ignelzi / AP It's Not Illegal Immigration That Worries Republicans Anymore
The Trump-era GOP cares more about the national origin and race of immigrants than the methods they used to enter the United States.
