Against the Current

[I]t is [U.S.] prestige that has suffered the more profound and unquantifiable injury.

[W]hy does the United States believe it has the standing to dictate which nations South Africa may engage with and on what terms?

Instead of discussing problems, or even finding solutions, those who led the G6 are [now] showering U.S. President Donald Trump with compliments and presenting him with gifts.

[W]hat the Switzerland negotiations ultimately lead to may help determine who the next U.S. president will be, as much as they will define the rules of the game in the Middle East.

The madness of this war is all the more evident now that it has achieved none of its initial objectives.

[T]he global economy remains in a state of suspended hope and not yet on a path toward definitive recovery.

The shrinking of ambitions away from the Indian Ocean ... suggests that the [U.S] is ceding the continent, including West Asia, to China.