The Core of Trump’s Success? A Black Hole of Ignorance

It goes without saying that the war against Iran will take centre stage in Beijing.

The [U.S.] should know by now that it cannot bomb Iran back to the negotiating table.

The summits are not endpoints. They are the mechanism by which two countries, which can neither resolve their differences nor afford to rupture them, manage the interval between crises.

Without the U.S., the alpha dog that pulls everyone together in a crisis would not exist.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly praised South Korea ... [I]t is unclear how long this praise will last.