How Trump’s Tariffs Fit the Autocrat’s Playbook
The President thrives on confrontation and demands supplication. Politicizing the economy creates opportunities for both...
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Isaac Chotiner
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What Putin Wants Now
Trump has suspended all military aid to Ukraine in an apparent attempt to bring the country to the negotiating table.
Isaac Chotiner
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How Democrats Lost Their Way on Immigration
Untangling the realities from the rhetoric on an issue that has transformed politics across the West...
Isaac Chotiner
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What Could Happen if the U.S. Abandons Europe
Donald Trump’s disdain for NATO will reshape the domestic politics—and military posture—of some of America’s closest allies...
Isaac Chotiner
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Make South Africa Great Again?
How the country’s post-apartheid politics may inform the world view of Elon Musk and Donald Trump...
Isaac Chotiner
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Q. & A. with Peter Beinart: What Did the War in Gaza Reveal About American Judaism?
Peter Beinart on the story of Israel and the moral blind spot of the Jewish diaspora...
Isaac Chotiner
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Q. & A. with Brian Schatz: Do Democrats Have a Plan?
Senator Brian Schatz on how the Party should be responding to Donald Trump’s breakneck assault on the government...
Isaac Chotiner
12:24
The Historical Roots of Donald Trump’s Aggressive Nationalism
What the President’s confrontations with Panama, Greenland, Canada, and Colombia suggest about his expansionist vision...
Isaac Chotiner
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Tracking the Threats to German Democracy
With elections looming, Germany faces a weak economy, a rising far right, and a faltering political class...
Isaac Chotiner
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How Bashar al-Assad’s Regime Crumbled
Iran’s weakness, a faltering economy, and new political fissures led to the stunning end of a dynasty...
