The Trump foreign policy is like the administration’s domestic policy: a little irreverent, ambitious, and completely impervious to experts’ warnings.
Rebeccah HeinrichsOctober 30, 2018
Instead of debating President Trump’s character, we should ask which is more Christian: the experiment with globalism that seems now to have faltered, or the somber return to nations that seeks, modestly yet earnestly, to fortify transnational alliances where they are possible, but reject them where they are not.
Joshua MitchellOctober 29, 2018
Pastor Brunson is free, but many others are not. The U.S. should not push Turkey away, but continue the hard work of diplomatic engagement around core human rights issues. It should also continue to engage broad range of challenges these partner countries are facing in the region.
Joshua W. Walker & Jeremy BarkerOctober 25, 2018
We must deal with the world as it is and fashion solutions that protect innocents, promote justice and defend the shared values of liberal democracy. The UN has failed to do that for more than seven decades. Worse, it has hindered responsible powers from playing that legitimate and necessary role. Perhaps it’s time to try something new.
Alan DowdSeptember 28, 2018
Generally, American presidents who try to work through the United Nations and want it to live up to its noble mission often become disappointed.
Alan DowdSeptember 26, 2018
We have heard much in recent years about Washington’s “Pacific pivot” aimed at deterring Chinese adventurism in the South China Sea and the “reassurance initiative” aimed at deterring Russian revisionism in Eastern Europe. What has received far less attention is Beijing’s pivot to the Americas and Moscow’s revival of Cold War-style intervention in the Western Hemisphere.
Alan DowdSeptember 5, 2018
Are American evangelicals right to support US sanctions against Turkey to release American missionary Andrew Brunson?
Mark TooleyAugust 19, 2018
The world still requires order, and that still requires sacrifice. Many now believe we can have world order, peace, stability, and prosperity on the cheap. We can coast merely on soft power (Democrats) or by promoting national interests (Republicans) without the hard work and heavy lifting required to actually maintain that order, whether through diplomacy or hard power.
Daniel StrandAugust 16, 2018
During Trump’s presidency, America’s role as the world leader has been questioned by allies, adversaries, and the president himself.
Joshua W. WalkerJuly 30, 2018
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