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Trump’s Rejection of Iran Offer Highlights Another Big Problem

Beijing says artificial intelligence will give the state a visible hand to allocate capital. Here’s the rub: Washington’s economic authority sits in [...] More

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Ex-Spy Warns of Case Officer Tactics in Trump-Putin Dynamic

EXPERT Q&A – After Friday’s meeting in Alaska between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, former CIA senior officer and [...] More

Can the U.S. Stand Up to Putin?

The world is a much different place than it was in 2018, when Putin and Trump met in Helsinki. And the stakes for Friday’s meeting could not be [...] More

Trapped by His Own Lies: Putin’s Echo Chamber Backfires—Again

Is anyone surprised that Russian President Vladimir Putin so badly overestimated his ability to continue to string along U.S. President Donald Trump? [...] More

How Trump Can Be the Winning President in Ukraine

“To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special [...] More

The President’s Path to the Right Side of History

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE/OPINION -- “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” The powerful statement by then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan delivered on June 12, [...] More

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President:I am hoping you remember me. I spent about 90 minutes with you and much of your cabinet in the Oval Office in the spring of 2017, [...] More

A U.S. President Pursuing Peace

It’s gratifying seeing President Donald Trump personally pursuing peace and reconciliation in a world ravaged by war and conflict. His dictum that [...] More

Expert Q&A: Trump is Hurting Canada - and Hurting the U.S. in the Process

EXPERT INTERVIEW — Canada is a longtime U.S. ally, its U.S.’s second-largest trading partner and a fellow NATO member, but relations between the two [...] More

The World According to Trump and Putin

“Concerning U.S. President's proposal to declare a 30-day ceasefire, the Russian side [President Vladimir Putin] outlined a number of significant [...] More

With 'Ball in Russia's Court,' What Will Putin Do?

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — As the Trump Administration pressed over the past week to reach a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine, two phrases captured the [...] More

The U.S. Pivot to Russia - and What It Will Mean

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — It may be the most profound American foreign policy shift in a generation – a move to engage directly with Russia, in a bid to [...] More

Ukraine's 'Nightmare' Scenario: A Fight Without U.S. Aid

DEEP DIVE — For months it was a hypothetical question: Could Ukraine continue to fight if the Trump administration ends its support? Late Monday, [...] More