Middle East
A grand bargain is in sight, you just need a 'golden bridge' to get there
A framework for US-Iran peace and for the stability of the region exists. The question is whether there is the political will to build on it.
June 25, 2026
u.s. foreign policy
Washington Politics
A farewell to Oz: Trump’s strategy for a multipolar world
NSS is actually more realist about the US role going forward than critics want to admit
December 15, 2025
Europe
Zelensky remains a creature of the corruption plaguing Ukraine
A small number of oligarchs still possess outsized power in all spheres of business and politics. But the truth is moving in mysterious ways.
November 18, 2025
Global Crises
It's time to retire the Munich analogy
Neoconservatives keep trotting it out to justify costly and dangerous interventions
December 13, 2024
Washington Politics
Kissinger, one hagiography at a time
In his boyhood home in Germany, love for the late diplomatic giant is in the eye of the beholder
July 12, 2024
Washington Politics
'We are the world power': Biden offers defense of US primacy
In TIME interview, president talks up foreign policy record, offers few details on what second term would hold
June 05, 2024
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