Optimists cite what they see as key differences between the failed January ceasefire and today. While accurate, neither necessarily foreshadows rapid progress. With the last Israeli hostages living and dead to be released from Hamas captivity imminently, there is every reason for them and their families to celebrate and for everyone to hope for a […]
Read MoreDonald Trump’s Ukraine policy today is no more coherent than it was last Friday when his administration executed search warrants against my home and office. Collapsing in confusion, haste, and the absence of any discernible meeting of the minds among Ukraine, Russia, several European countries, and America, Trump’s negotiations may be in their last throes(https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/23/trump-ukraine-frustration/), […]
Vladimir Putin led Russia out of international isolation on Friday, striding down a red carpet to greet an applauding Donald Trump. He accepted a ride with President Trump in “the Beast,” and one-on-one applied his KGB training to restart one of Moscow’s most effective influence operations ever. After the Alaska summit, Mr. Putin could legitimately […]
Friday’s Alaska summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin is not shaping up well for Ukraine. Every indication is that Trump believes he and his (once again) good friend Putin will conjure some land swaps and bring peace. Of course, the land in question will be bits and pieces of Ukraine’s territory, not Russia’s, with Moscow probably […]
Serhii Plokhy’s The Nuclear Age ably presents the variability of political, military and ethical considerations that remain central to atomic-era decisionmakers. Nuclear weapons may seem like yesterday’s news in the world of cyberspace and artificial intelligence, but Plokhy…
The next critical, but one of the vaguest parts of Trump's peace plan is the requirement that Hamas demilitarize, and have no role in Gaza’s future governance. Whether Hamas demilitarizes will have palpable effects on what happens after the hostage/prisoner swaps are successfully…
Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza includes disarming Hamas, which I do not see happening... being a military force is their entire reason for existence.
I'm not confident Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza is going to be fruitful. We saw this exact situation earlier this year and negotiations fell through. I don't see anything different happening now.
Trump has ignored the enormous roadblocks between the aspiration for a non-radicalized Gaza and the real thing.
'Good luck': Former Trump adviser's advice to PM ahead of meeting - ABC listen
Israel and Hamas have begun negotiations in Cairo to discuss U-S President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan for ...
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Trump’s twenty-point plan for Gaza is vague, complex, and grandiloquent. It could well simply fall of its own weight.
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يرى جون بولتون أن خطة ترمب لغزة تفتقر إلى التفاصيل العملية وآليات الت...
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I think it is important for Americans and our international allies to know that Trump is an aberration in American politics.
Mike Pence and John Bolton say America’s future lies with its citizens
Two prominent Republicans, John Bolton and Mike Pence, share lessons from their time with Trump and their advice f...
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We have historically kept the military out of law enforcement. The Administration’s efforts to push the military into law enforcement is both bad philosophy and bad law, and wholly inconsistent with conservative principles.
I recently joined @HarvardIOP to discuss the United Nations. my tenure in the Trump Admin, and the multitude of threats America faces from across the globe. It's dangerous to ignore or dismiss these threats, especially those from Tehran and Beijing.
If U.N. partners want American dollars, they have to perform. We should pay for what we want, and expect what we pay for. Thanks @HarvardIOP for hosting me.
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