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Global Conflicts to Watch in 2018

The U.S. is now the most unpredictable actor in the world today.

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North Korea Says It Has ‘Completed’ Its Nuclear Program. What Does That Mean?

Pyongyang’s message boils down to ‘it’s no use shutting the gate after the horse has moved on.’

Ideas

What's Dangerous About Donald Trump's Foreign Policy?

His unorthodox approach has frightened some observers. But it’s his more conventional moves that have cost the most lives.

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Can Russia Help the US as Much as Trump Says It Can?

What the U.S. president may have in mind when he tweets about teaming up with Putin “to solve North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, terrorism."

Ideas

A Former CIA Director Describes the Dangers of 'Trump Unleashed'

John Brennan praises the advisers who restrain Donald Trump’s impulses, calls out the president’s “enablers” inside the White House, and considers the prospect of World War III.

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The Contradiction at the Core of Trump's North Korea Strategy

The president’s national-security advisers say they’re running out of time to do something extremely time-consuming.

Ideas

Donald Trump, Dealbreaker

The president's America First policy is causing the U.S. to withdraw from the world.

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How to Tell If North Korea and America Are Actually Headed to War

Watch what Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un do, not just what they say.

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The United States and Russia Are Increasingly at Odds in Syria

Amid disagreements about what might come after ISIS, Moscow says its missiles will track some US aircraft as targets.

Ideas

The Trouble With How Liberals Talk About Terrorism

So what if falling objects kill more people? It's not just about the death toll.

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Trump's North Korea Policy Just Got More Complicated

Moon Jae In, South Korea’s newly elected president, has policy ideas of his own.

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Russia's Digital War on the West Is Just Getting Started

Democracies across the West are vulnerable to foreign influence—and some are under attack.

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What Are America's Options on North Korea?

At this point, there are only two ways to reverse its nuclear program, one expert says.

Ideas

America Is Facing a Dangerous Enemy. We Just Can’t Agree Who It Is

Our ideological adversary is powerful, authoritarian, and spreading. And it is completely different depending on which government officials you’re talking to.

Policy

The Foreign-Policy Establishment Defends Itself From Trump

'The question confronting us as a nation is as consequential as any we have faced since the late 1940s,' a group of Republican and Democratic experts write.

Ideas

What America’s Last Red Scare Can Tell Us About Trump and Russia

'Quite often the facts get lost in the hysteria,' one historian says.

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President Trump Sets a Remarkable Bar for Critiquing His Military Operations

The president took to Twitter to argue that publicly discussing the success or failure of a mission 'only emboldens the enemy.'

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What the World Might Look Like in 5 Years, According to US Intelligence

Even America's own government analysts see the American Era drawing to a close.

Threats

The Key to Putin’s Cyber Power

The Russian president has both the capability and the intent to cause harm, says a former U.S. ambassador to Russia. And the threat won’t vanish once Donald Trump takes office.