Trump
Courting War
Despite claims to the contrary, the Trump administration wants regime change in Iran and is risking a full-scale war in order to get it.
Impeaching for Imperialism
Beneath Trump’s impeachment lurks a troubling complacency—among Democrats and Republicans alike—with the nature of U.S. imperial power.
Designing Better Impeachments
How other countries’ constitutions protect against political free-for-alls.
Solid Trumpism
Trump’s secret to success is that he expresses his base’s deep sense of alienation and grievance—cultural and social far more than economic.
Rethinking Birthright
We need a more just conception of citizenship—one that abolishes the distinction between “natural” and naturalized citizens.
The Sanctions Game
Donald Trump's “maximum pressure” strategy is doomed to fail, especially as tensions rise between Iran and the United States.
Democracy’s Dilemma
How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the free flow of digital information?
Democracy’s Dilemma
How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the free flow of digital information?
American Extremism Has Always Flowed from the Border
Donald Trump says there is “a crisis of the soul” at the border. He is right, though not in the way he thinks.
Trump’s Foreign Policy Isn’t the Problem
It reflects, like a funhouse mirror, a twisted image of U.S. imperialism.
Empire’s Racketeers
Wajahat Ali speaks with Pankaj Mishra on the devastating consequences of Western imperialism, globalization, and capitalism and the fate of liberal democracy.
Errol Morris on Steve Bannon’s Dangerous “Dharma”
Morris on his new film—and what’s at stake in trying to understand its subject.
Courts to the Rescue?
When it comes to fighting Trump’s regulatory agenda, it is the D.C. Circuit that will matter, not the Supreme Court.
Populism Isn’t The Problem
The charge of populism says at least as much about those making it as it does about their opponents.
Remember Syria?
U.S. policy in Syria has always been about grand strategy—never about what would actually help the people on the ground.
The Trump Doctrine and the Gender Politics of Power
Both at home and abroad, Trump deploys a politics of misogyny—lifted right from Machiavelli.
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