Change of Image, and Strategy, for ‘This Part of the World’ Needed

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.

Who will hold out longer, Iran under a naval blockade or the world economy without 20% of its oil and gas supply?

[T]he parties have thrown Taiwan into the fire. Trump will even use security threats against allies or partners as bargaining chips.

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

The question Trump faces in Beijing will no longer be “whether he can strike a deal,” but rather, “what will he give up to get one.”