Foreign Policy
America's standing abroad, read as a disclosure about its character at home.
8 essays
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The Exception That Proves the Rule
How Trump's Governing Model Produces Cotradictions at Home and Abroad
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Escalation Without Architecture
The United States is escalating a conflict it cannot fully describe, at a cost it has not fully explained, against a threat it has not clearly defined.
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World Stage, MAGA Script: Coercion Without Credibility
American power was strongest when it didn't need to prove it. Now allies are planning for a partner they can no longer count on.
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The World Is Not a Real Estate Listing
Trump, Sovereignty, and the Politics of Cramping His Scene
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The Real Foreign Invasion
How MAGA Opened the Gates to the Empire It Pretends to Fear
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Trump’s Chamberlain Moment: How to Appease a Dictator in Three Easy Steps
(Or: How to Hand Ukraine to Putin While Smiling for Russian State TV)
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World Stage, MAGA Script: The Ignorance Doctrine
The Know Nothings of the 1850s built a movement on proud ignorance. Trump rebooted them—and handed them the nuclear codes.
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Mission Accomplished (Again): The Price of Victory
Trump declares total victory over inflation from the deck of the U.S.S. Sam's Club—and the receipts rise again by morning.