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Trump and the New Age of Nationalism January 28, 2025

As it did in 2016, Donald Trump’s presidency has prompted commentators in and outside of Washington to reflect on the direction of U.S. foreign policy....

nationalism

This Is America First. The World Had Better Take Notice January 28, 2025

With Donald Trump back in the White House, leaders across the world are sitting up. They will have to get used to something very new: an America unembarrassed about putting its own national interests first, and specifically in making the security of ...

America First

America’s Great Mistake: Pushing Russia and China Together January 28, 2025

The United States is the world’s most powerful nation, with the most advanced military and largest economy. It enjoys the most enviable geographic position of any great power in history, luxuriating in splendid near isolation with only two weak and p...

china

Trump’s Tariffs Will Be a Disaster January 28, 2025

Combined tax cuts and tariffs on imports will only increase the national debt and inflation. ...

Tanzania Energy Summit: A Moment African Leaders Must Seize January 27, 2025

Later this month, African leaders and policymakers will gather at Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – East Africa’s most populous city – for the highly anticipated “Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit.”Mission 300 is an initiative to provide electricity to 300 mi...

Trump’s Colombia Standoff: The End of Post-Nationalism January 27, 2025

Donald Trump has rounded off a dramatic first week in the White House by upending the consensus on migrant repatriation. ...

Colombia

By Voting To Leave the EU, We Escaped a Terrible Fate January 27, 2025

After World War II, social democracy gradually became the reigning political and economic idea in Western Europe. Seen as a synthesis of different ideas that were opposed to the two extreme poles of fascism and communism, it attracted not just stalwa...

European Union

Will European Nations Send Troops to Postwar Ukraine? January 25, 2025

Russia

Forgotten Wars: The Haitian Crisis January 25, 2025

Over the past decade, following the devastating passage of Hurricane Matthew in 2016, Haiti has been experiencing an unprecedented socio-political and economic crisis. This crisis is characterized by widespread political instability and the substanti...

Haiti

foreign policy

history

A Bold Blueprint for Europe’s Conservatives January 25, 2025

In just 72 hours, Trump’s sweeping actions have shown how unapologetic leadership can prioritise national sovereignty. ...

Donald Trump

Petro’s Colombia Falls Apart January 25, 2025

The nation is now caught in a brutal war between rebels and narcoterrorists. ...

Colombia

The Logic of Chaos in Trump’s Second-Term Foreign Policy January 24, 2025

Donald Trump’s recent calls to annex Greenland, take control of the Panama Canal, and even absorb Canada into the United States to expand America’s sphere of influence may sound like bluster, but they reflect a deliberate strategy rooted in uncertain...

Donald Trump

foreign policy

Trump administration

Why America Needs a National Security Reset January 24, 2025

As Donald J. Trump takes office as the country’s 47th President, American foreign and security policy are at an inflection point. ...

Donald Trump

Does the MAGA Playbook Apply in Europe? January 24, 2025

From the moment that America’s 47th president took his oath of office this Monday, it’s as if national conservatives around the world, together with the opponents of globalism, woke progressivism and all the other twisted ideological emanations of th...

MAGA

2025 Will Be a Challenging Year in UK Politics January 23, 2025

Last year’s U.K. election saw a new period in British politics. The Labour Party under Keir Starmer achieved a resounding victory, securing 411 seats and a majority of 174 in the House of Commons. The triumph marked the party’s return to power after ...

United Kingdom

National Security in a New Administration January 23, 2025

national security

It’s Trump’s World Now To Win or Lose January 23, 2025

President Trump is taking the country down a very different geopolitical path. The yet-to-be-determined future of the Land of Oz lies ahead, especially in Ukraine, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific. ...

Donald Trump

Mali Rebel Group Frees Spanish National Kidnapped in Algeria January 22, 2025

Africa

Stefanik Vows To Fight ‘Anti-Semitic Rot’ at United Nations January 22, 2025

Americas

China Uncensored: Xi Wants Both Robust Growth And Central Control January 22, 2025

China's economy is collapsing. And if Xi Jinping wants to change that, he has to make a choice:One of the biggest contradictions surrounding Xi and his government these days is their desire to promote robust economic growth while enacting tighter cen...

china

Is a “Balance of Power” Strategy Irrelevant? January 22, 2025

It is possible—though far from certain—that the coming Trump presidency will herald a broad retreat from most of America’s overseas military commitments and actions. In the past, Trump has expressed his skepticism—or, perhaps better said, his irritat...

Trump’s 'America First' Is Not Realism January 22, 2025

Some observers have approvingly claimed that the second Trump administration heralds a realist revival in American foreign policy. Writing in Foreign Affairs, Robert O’Brien, who served as national security adviser in the first Trump administration, ...

America First

Trump Holds the Cards To Reshape the World January 21, 2025

A second Trump term could redefine global alliances, overpower adversaries, and hoist America’s leadership in a new era of great power competition. ...

Donald Trump

The Trump Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine January 21, 2025

The nature of the current strategic competition suggests that Trump will need to craft a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine radically different from Theodore Roosevelt’s. It will depend on consent from fellow American governments. ...

Donald Trump

Battle Lines Drawn on Trump’s Border Crackdown January 21, 2025

President Trump’s decision to launch his second term by declaring a national emergency at the U.S. border triggered an avalanche of opposition from Democratic governors, liberal members of Congress, and pro-migrant organizations vowing to challenge t...

Donald Trump