Latin America
65 yrs after first one, Trump's 'Bay of Pigs' may take many forms
'There were sobering lessons,' JFK said after the failed invasion of Cuba in 1961. There is still time for the current president to learn them.
April 20, 2026
us foreign policy
Washington Politics
All aboard America's strategic blunder train. Next stop: Iran
Our stumbling into war with Tehran would be the latest in a self-inflicted 30-year road to nowhere
February 22, 2026
Washington Politics
The death of 'America First'
The phrase has been corrupted and distorted by hawks cheering on a more interventionist Trump foreign policy. Time for something new.
February 06, 2026
Asia-Pacific
US-China symposium: Spheres of influence for me, not for thee?
The administration is asserting its security imperative in the Western Hemisphere but what happens when American interests collide with China's 'near abroad'? We asked 14 experts.
January 30, 2026
Media
Zbigniew Brzezinski: Foreign policy prophet or blind man?
Ed Luce's ‘cradle to grave’ bio of President Carter’s grand strategist plumbs his hits and misses on Afghanistan and Russia and their impacts today
January 22, 2026
Washington Politics
Does MAGA want Trump to ‘make regime change great again’?
The president went from praising ‘the wars we never get into’ to seeing how many the US can get into, and prominent members of his base are eating it up
January 14, 2026
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