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In less than three years, President Trump has had three national security advisers: a campaign aide with a checkered past, a respected general, and an ideologue with strong views apparently consonant with his own. All ultimately failed.

The US president often has nearly unchecked authority in foreign policy. We should learn how candidates would wield that power.

Meet the new Red Scare. Is it the same as the old Red Scare?

Putin has spent the better part of two decades centralizing his power while actively undermining liberal institutions. But it is the failure of the US and its allies to adequately defend liberalism that is the real threat.

Trump’s Overseas Agenda Is a Golden Opportunity for Democrats

By the time of this week’s Democratic presidential debate, President Trump should be ensconced in meetings with counterparts at an international summit gathering in Osaka, Japan.

The only question now is how this ends—in war, new negotiations or one side backing down.

The United States and China are becoming strategic rivals. The mounting trade war is but the most visible manifestation of this new reality.

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report has predictably produced a flurry of debate about its real meaning and what, if anything, should happen next.

Surveys show deep bipartisan support for the alliance.