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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump talks to members of the media at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 21, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Barria


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An elderly Syrian man is evacuated from a rebel-held neighborhood in Aleppo. (Karam Al-Masri/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)


Why America was bound to fail in Syria

Why America was bound to fail in Syria

The fall of Aleppo is a human catastrophe. It’s also a demonstration of the perils of choosing the middle course in a military conflict. Sometimes it’s possible to talk and fight at the same time. But in Syria, the U.S. decision to pursue a dual-track, halfway...
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump hugs a U.S. flag as he takes the stage for a campaign town hall meeting in Derry, New Hampshire August 19, 2015. REUTERS/Brian Snyder


Trump Flunks His First Foreign Policy Test

Trump Flunks His First Foreign Policy Test

Whatever else future historians say about Donald Trump’s early foreign policy moves, they’re likely to note the erratic and, in many ways, self-defeating nature of the president-elect’s initial dealings with China, the country many analysts view as the United States’...
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Boeing’s “next generation X-plane,” as shown in this concept graphic photo, is designed to succeed the F-35 fighter jet. (Handout/Reuters)


The ‘Third Offset Strategy’

The ‘Third Offset Strategy’

The Pentagon has begun briefing key allies on plans for advanced weapons technologies aimed at offsetting Russian and Chinese military gains. But the next round of these discussions is on hold, awaiting approval of the programs by the Trump administration. Deputy...
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Employees of the state-owned English-language Russia Today (RT) television network wait for Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool/Agence France-Presse via Getty Images)


In Today’s World, the Truth is Losing

In Today’s World, the Truth is Losing

Richard Stengel, the State Department’s undersecretary for public diplomacy, bluntly states the problem that has been worrying him and should worry us all: “In a global information war, how does the truth win?” The very idea that the truth won’t be triumphant would,...