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Venezuela, NATO, Greenland, Trump Battleships & Tinker Bell: A Year End Round-Up

From U.S. military operations in Venezuela to the erosion of trust in NATO, the Trump administration’s foreign policy leaves us…

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Trump Wags a Venezuelan Dog. Or Is Something Else Going On Here?

Trump’s promise of a blockade on Venezuela is an unprecedented escalation. But behind all the bluster and rattled sabres, is…

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Trump’s Strategy that Only the Kremlin (and Beijing) Could Love

Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy is another nail in the coffin for U.S. foreign policy. Sadly, and unsurprisingly, it furthers…

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Hegseth’s War Criminal Ethos plus Can Europe Be Saved?

Are we really going to war with Venezuela? Is Pete Hegseth’s War Criminal Ethos the new doctrine of the US…

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This Year We’re Thankful for Courage and Resistance

Trump’s foreign policy can be summarized with one phrase: FUBAR. The administration’s commitment to Ukraine is laughable, and Trump’s politics…

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“Things Happen”

Donald Trump shrugged off the murder of Jamal Khashoggi this week by saying “things happen.” The casual acceptance of cold-blooded…

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Late-Stage Trump is Scarier Than Ever

Every day is Epstein-Files Day and the latest release of emails indicting Trump confirms what we’ve already known for years…

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Looking at the Election Results Through Rosa (and Ed) Colored Glasses

What an election night on Tuesday. Zohran Mamdani, Abigail Spanberger, Mikie Sherrill… voters are clearly dissatisfied with the Trump administration…

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China Understands How to Deal with Trump, Why Don’t America’s Leaders?

On Thursday, President Trump is going to meet with Xi Jinping for the first time since his reelection and following…

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Glimmers of Hope for Ukraine

After more than three years of expanded conflict, there might be some glimmers of hope for Ukraine. President Trump’s frustrations…

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DSR Special Edition: A Conversation with former US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan

The national security landscape has radically transformed in the last ten months. To help make sense of the unprecedented policies…

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Trump’s Biggest Foreign Policy Failure and His Biggest Success Could Be the Same

Predatory behavior and incoherence are the two words that come to mind when thinking about President Trump’s foreign policy. How…

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When Is a Peace Deal Not a Peace Deal?

When it comes to peace in Gaza, the art of the deal might be a lost one. While reaching a…

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Trump’s Military Make-Over Has Experts Worried and Enemies Celebrating

It’s Extreme Make-Over: Military Edition here in the United States. But Trump doesn’t just have a fresh coat of paint…

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Former Generals React to Trump-Hegseth Quantico Speeches

Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth held a part-pep rally, part-declaration of war on the U.S. Constitution in Quantico on Tuesday.…

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If Genocide is Not Enough to Change US & EU Israel-Palestine Policies, Will Anything?

Now, more than ever, there is significant public criticism of Israel in their war against Palestine. Israel has continued to…

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Who Really Needs the First Amendment Anyway?

The Trump administration is blatantly and disturbingly waging a war against free speech in this country. With the most recent…

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When it Comes to the Middle East, This Trump is Crazier than the Last Trump

Israel’s surprise strike on Qatar is yet another in a series of Israeli attacks fueling turmoil in the Middle East.…

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The World Turned Upside-Down: 2025 Edition

When the British under Cornwallis surrendered to Washington at Yorktown, rumor has it the band played the song “The World…

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Even the Dems Can’t Screw Up the Messaging Now! Right?

As we approach the Fourth of July weekend and as America nears the 250th anniversary of its independence, the current…

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