US foreign policy

Biden’s legacy of escalation

His last decisions could determine the state of global politics

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Liberal myths of the “good old ways”

Donald Trump’s foreign policy is not so very different from the Democrats’ imagined golden age of American leadership

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The US is getting what it wants in the Middle East

Israeli escalations against Hezbollah are not defiance but an extension of U.S. strategy

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The West should stop indulging delusions on Ukraine

Ukraine cannot achieve its maximal goals

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Could Trump be a world leader?

His sense of his own importance might not be suited to isolationism

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Trump the peacemaker?

Donald Trump’s survival should inspire him to seek an end to violence

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Doing something can be worse than doing nothing

The Gaza pier and the failings of a “do something” foreign policy

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Why is the US facing a “crisis of credibility”?

It is a crisis that has been created by the hubris of the establishment

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How the Ukraine delusion may end

Biden might entertain peace to cut his losses and boost his election chances

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Has the US acted in good faith over Ukraine?

Weakening Russia seems to have been more important than strengthening Ukraine

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