Poker Faces Taking U.S. to the Brink

Trump’s threat is purely economic, employing the power of coercion and open blackmail, to keep a ‘servant’ perpetually under subjugation from attaining economic independence.

While Trump is a powerful force within the Republican Party, his polarising presence is creating substantial challenges for the party in appealing to a broad enough coalition to secure consistent, nationwide victories beyond his core base.

The reconciliation culminated in Al-Sharaa’s visit to the White House last week, the first by a Syrian president, and the announcement that Syria had become the 90th member of the US-led Global Coalition Against Daesh.

The US needs a partner that commands respect in the region. Saudi Arabia fits that role.

Faced with shifts in power between the U.S. and China and in Southeast Asia, how should Taiwan respond?

[Mamdani] exploits the oldest leadership characteristic since the Greek polis: charisma.

Those who want to disturb the peace always have it easier than those who want to preserve it.