Washington Politics
Robert Kagan: Sometimes US intervention is worth blowback
In a wide-ranging interview with RS, the hawkish historian talks primacy, neoconservatives, and why he opposes the war in Iran
August 04, 2026
In a wide-ranging interview with RS, the hawkish historian talks primacy, neoconservatives, and why he opposes the war in Iran
In his heyday, the former CIA director was among America's loudest voices pressing for military intervention abroad
The warmaking president is shedding his base. But the last ones on the MAGA bus may be the first to leap off at any sign of political trouble.
The phrase has been corrupted and distorted by hawks cheering on a more interventionist Trump foreign policy. Time for something new.
There were a handful of times when external powers tried to steer us, but there is no comparing the decades-long grip of the Likud Party on Washington
"It’s been a pretty crappy 45 days" for those trying to keep the president from making the same mistakes as his predecessors
