Return of the Cold War?

The price of flippancy in the White House and the criminal intransigence of the Tehran regime is being paid by the Iranians who, after nearly half a century of cruel dictatorship, deserve to be free.

The global backdrop has changed. Resource competition has escalated. It is no longer about interdependence.

If the President of the United States behaves primarily as the chief negotiator for corporate America, then alliances themselves become contingent commodities.

Washington, however, is not merely a policymaking capital. It is also a highly competitive marketplace of narratives.