Will Peter Mandelson thrive in Trump’s Washington?
His appointment is a disruptive move at a time when Trump 2.0 is turning democratic politics in the English-speaking world on its head
American foreign policy
Monday
Wednesday
The American Brezhnev era is over
Washington’s Soviet-style subterfuge is coming to an end
Monday
Yes, there is a Mexican state-cartel alliance
The shock for the informed is not that Trump declared the Mexican state a narco-regime, but that it didn’t happen years ago
Tuesday
Get ready for Trump’s ‘FAFO’ foreign policy
In forcing Colombia’s president to take illegal immigrants, Trump is presenting a revamped approach to foreign affairs
Tuesday
Trump show starts in earnest with cabinet picks
Plus: a ceasefire is in sight
Friday
Jose Andrés’s mixed emotions
Plus: Rooting for you guys
Thursday
Venezuela prepares for clashing inaugurations
Will Edmundo González Urrutia return to Caracas?
Monday
The legacy of Jimmy Carter
An honorable man who failed as president and succeeded in later years
Thursday
The Democrats need a new rulebook
At the start of this century the party had a very clear picture of what the future was supposed to look like. Trump proved it a mirage
Friday
Trump is already the diplomat-in-chief
He is using the two-and-a-half months between Election Day and Inauguration Day to re-plunge himself into the world of international diplomacy
Tuesday
Would a Secretary Marco Rubio implement Trump’s policies?
The Florida senator is one of the most hawkish options Trump could pick to head the State Department
Why Biden should let Ukraine strike Russian targets during the lame-duck period
The clock is ticking for Biden — let’s make it tick for Putin also
Wednesday
What comes after Trump’s decisive victory?
A big agenda, replete with lessons from the first term
Thursday
‘Blood! Blood! Blood!’: the Battle of Fallujah twenty years on
Was it worth the price paid?
Tuesday
The US should stop raising false hope of an Israel-Hamas ceasefire
Although the two parties have modified some of their initial demands, their core positions haven’t moved
Tuesday
The US is unwise to lift restrictions on the sale of bombs to Saudi Arabia
Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of munitions previously held up will now be delivered over the coming months
Monday
Will the US apply pressure to combat Maduro’s election fraud?
‘We won’t recognize any result that is not verifiable,’ said Secretary Blinken
Thursday
A superbly written and insightful account of the contemporary American military
General McKenzie’s fine memoir is a rich and powerful testament to the qualities that our best military commanders bring to their service to the nation
Friday
Seized Russian assets should be used against Putin
If realpolitik says an orderly plunder of Russian treasure might save Ukraine, then shouldn’t the rules change to allow it?
Inside the debate over Ukraine joining NATO
Zelensky would have preferred that the organization offered membership to his country yesterday