US-Cuba Handshake

It is ... inevitable that the direction the country is going in will have to change.

The challenge for Washington is no longer whether it possesses sufficient capabilities, but whether the political system can align those capabilities behind a coherent long-term priority.

Trump’s willingness to defend an ally may depend upon whether he currently gets along with its political leadership.

Using Lebanon as a bargaining chip through Washington’s Israeli proxy is Trump’s way of leveling the playing field.

[T]he United States had itself rendered that alliance network more fragile.