Tom Nichols
He is a professor emeritus of national-security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, where he taught for 25 years, and an instructor at the Harvard Extension School. He has served as a legislative aide in the Massachusetts House and the U.S. Senate. He writes about international security, nuclear weapons, Russia, and the challenges to democracy in the United States and around the world—along with occasional contrarian views on popular culture. His books include The Death of Expertise and Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault From Within on Modern Democracy. He is also a five-time undefeated Jeopardy champion.
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Getty What Happens if Russia Stashes Nukes in Belarus
And some news about that Kremlin drone strike
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Andrew Lichtenstein / Corbis via Getty DeSantis’s Campaign of Trolling
The Florida governor seems to understand that in today’s GOP primary, serious people need not apply.
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Alex Wong / Getty The GOP Primary Might Be Over Before It Starts
Donald Trump’s rivals are in denial.
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Alex Wong / Getty Conservatives Hate Tenure—Unless It’s for Clarence Thomas
The hypocrisy of GOP attacks on college teachers
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Alastair Grant / WPA Pool / Getty The Case for Increasing Aid to Ukraine
The sooner Putin and his coterie are forced to face failure, the better.
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HBO Max What I Learned From My Guest Role on Succession
Behind the scenes of the show’s big Election Night episode
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CNN CNN Went Full Jerry Springer
The network’s president made an indefensible decision in airing an episode of Trump’s ongoing reality show.
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Robert Perry / Getty We’re Living in Post-Shame America
Donald Trump and George Santos are facing justice. But basic decency is still under attack.
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Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency via Getty Four Possibilities for the Kremlin Attack
Moscow claims Ukraine struck the Kremlin. The truth is likely worse.
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Paolo Pellegrin / Magnum The World Awaits Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
As the country approaches a battle for its ultimate fate, democracy and Western civilization hang in the balance.
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Jason Koerner / Getty Tucker Carlson Is the Emblem of GOP Cynicism
A personal reflection on the fallout from a rich man’s toxic hubris
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Jim Bourg / Pool /AFP via Getty The Trump-Biden Rematch Is Inevitable
The choices will be a traditional American politician or a de facto cult leader—again.
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Matt Chase / The Atlantic The Narcissists Who Endanger America
Leaked classified documents, a 21-year-old airman, and the weakness that is hardest for the U.S. national-security community to spot
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Alex Wong / Getty Trump’s Authoritarian Playbook
The former president and his minions are endangering a judge’s family.
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Curtis Means / Reuters / Redux The Arraignment of Citizen Trump
The former president stands accused of 34 counts of felony—and there’s a long way to go from here.
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Getty Putin Presses the Nuclear Nerve Again
Russia’s latest moves are useless, stupid, and provocative.
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Emily Elconin / Getty What Donald Trump’s Indictment Reveals
Win or lose, the charges are an American tragedy.
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Suzanne Cordeiro / AFP / Getty Trump Sings a Song of Sedition
The January 6 jail anthem was a shocking addition to his repertoire. But our national attention span is so short that we’ve already moved on.
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Chris Hondros / Getty I Supported the Invasion of Iraq
But a just cause doesn’t make for a just war.
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Alex Brandon / AP Trump Did It Again
If arrested, he’s called on “protesters” to come to his defense.
