President Donald Trump’s idea [is] that international relations should be governed by the law of the jungle and that no international norm can limit his power.
President Donald Trump’s idea [is] that international relations should be governed by the law of the jungle and that no international norm can limit his power.
If the [U.S.-Saudi] nuclear deal hits a deadlock, Riyadh may pivot to alternative suppliers — a shift that would significantly erode American strategic leverage in the Middle East.
[W]hen ethics are abandoned for epics, and when political power subverts rational military decision-making, it is not surprising that symptoms of strategic fatigue begin to develop.