“There are two ways Iran can be handled,” U.S. President Donald Trump has said, “militarily, or you make a deal.” National Security Adviser Mike Waltz advocated for the military solution; Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Vice President JD Vance...
In the detention of Mahmoud Khalil and the ensuing crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism by Donald Trump's administration, a recognizable model for governance is emerging. The model is from 2002. During that year, as American citizens were distracted by the aftermath...
In recent weeks, more than 1,500 international undergraduate and graduate students from over 240 colleges have had their J-1 or F-1 visas revoked by Washington without notifying students or their respective universities. The revocations mean the students will not be...
Despite branding himself a political outsider, President Donald Trump’s foreign policy reflects a deep continuity with the bipartisan consensus that has defined U.S. interventionism since the Cold War. Trump made ending America’s involvement in “endless wars” a...
Whether it was President Barack Obama ordering airstrikes on Libya and Syria over a decade ago, or President Donald Trump directing strikes on Yemen and the Houthis today, non-interventionists often insist these presidents need congressional approval, as the...
If Chinese soldiers are fighting in the Russian armed forces in Ukraine, that is not the big story. The big story is the effect the claim could have on the possibility of peace. Ukraine has not yet even proven the months old claim of the presence of North Korean...
We have become comfortable in a world where artificial intelligence (AI) has the voice of a Ted Williams but not his life, where "art" can be generated from prompts, and much of the music has less human in it than machine. We have accepted that machines can kill just...
Much of the media discourse surrounding Signalgate has focused on its national security implications. Nevertheless, the most important—and most overlooked—dimension of The Atlantic leak is the unvarnished look it provides at the Trump administration’s disregard for...
