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Zbigniew Brzezinski Camp David Summit
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

Donald Trump Davos 2026
QiOSK

Trump: We got a $1.5 trillion military budget. He’s (kinda) right.

His boast to Davos today wasn't off the mark if he combines these overflowing pots of national security funding

Meet Trump’s man in Greenland
North America

Meet Trump’s man in Greenland

Thomas Dans is the consummate MAGA policy influencer. Could he become America’s viceroy in the territory?

Ambassador Robert Hunter
Europe

RIP Amb. Robert Hunter, who warned about NATO expansion

His work in both the Carter and Clinton administrations reflected sober analysis and the pursuit of engaging Russia and Iran rather than isolating them

Trump Polk
Washington Politics

On Greenland, Trump wants to be like Polk

The president's motivation isn't security or money, it's manifest destiny

Congress
Military Industrial Complex

Congress should walk Trump's talk on arms industry stock buybacks

Now that the president has identified the problem, lawmakers have a real opportunity to follow through