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This close to blowing it up. Photographer: Drew Angerer

Trump’s Iran Plan Does Too Much and Too Little

by Meghan O'Sullivan | Oct 16, 2017 | Opinion

President Donald Trump’s advisers are at pains to emphasize that Friday’s speech on Iran policy was an effort to lay out a comprehensive strategy to tackle the malign behavior of the Tehran regime, not just an announcement that the president had refused to certify...

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US President Donald Trump is interviewed by Reuters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US, February 23, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump Can’t Solve North Korea by Just Making a Deal

by Meghan O'Sullivan | Sep 9, 2017 | Opinion

President Donald Trump’s tweet last weekend that the US might terminate all tradewith countries doing business with North Korea was widely derided on the grounds of realism. Given that 90 percent of North Korea’s trade is with China, the tweet was little more than a...

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American and Saudi national flags are seen on a main road in Riyadh, on May 19, 2017.
Trump, on his first foreign trip since taking office in January, will tell Muslim leaders of his “hopes for a peaceful vision of Islam” as he seeks support for the war against radical Islamists, Washington has said. / AFP PHOTO / FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images)

4 Reasons Why Trump’s Saudi Visit Is Different

by Meghan O'Sullivan | May 21, 2017 | Opinion

President Donald Trump prides himself on being unpredictable and, thus, no one knows what to expect of his first trip abroad. But when it comes to the first stop, Saudi Arabia, we can be sure it will be very unlike the visits of past US leaders to Riyadh when it comes...