International relations are complex, but many countries adhere to a set of norms. Democracies make peace with democracies. States invest in their militaries and cut…
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Contrary to popular belief, populist nationalism is not becoming “the new norm.” President Donald J. Trump, Vladimir Putin, Marine Le Pen and a few others…
Raising Turkey from the ashes of the first world war, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey’s first president, said, “My people are going to learn the principles…
Six years. For six years, the U.S. position in Syria has been supportive of the rebellion against Assad. We finance the rebels and give them…
Among President Donald Trump’s horrible executive orders is the announcement last week that the administration would roll back relics of Obama-era environmental policy. In a…