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“Past American administrations often bemoaned the chronic hesitancy of Saudi rulers. But swinging so far to the other extreme looks to be worse.”https://trib.al/p9XhtIa 

“Washington is just now beginning to explore the policy implications of the next wave of AI, ranging from technological feasibility to human impact to ethical questions.”https://trib.al/VICFdqW 

Before Trump took office, writes @NinaTannenwald, rising geopolitical tensions, a resurgent Russia, arms modernization, and a hawkish Republican Congress hostile to international law and agreements had all conspired to impede further weapons reductions.https://trib.al/qe9BQs8 

"In country after country, the Trump administration is gutting U.S. support for human rights, the rule of law, and good governance, damaging the overarching credibility of the United States."https://trib.al/tLPRiJo 

"President Trump does not want another long-term U.S. military engagement in the Middle East—or in any other region, for that matter," writes Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in our latest issue.https://trib.al/J1KpOy5 

“The United States’ defense strategy for its new great-power rivals must balance two competing demands: whatever actions Washington threatens must be potent enough to coerce the opponent but not so apocalyptic as to be implausible.”https://trib.al/IL40sHu 

Seven Central and South American states have elected socialist governments in the last 20 years. Although each has struggled, write @MoisesNaim and @QuicoToro, only Nicaragua and Venezuela have imploded, while others have even prospered.https://trib.al/Munj0DW 

“However loud the protestations of innocence, only the most willfully blind could believe that the man who effectively rules Saudi Arabia did not authorize the operation that cost Khashoggi his life.”https://trib.al/KVaPGlN 

How can the United States and China ensure that a potential military conflict will not escalate into a nuclear one?https://trib.al/5Syb7kB 

Is the transatlantic alliance irreparably damaged? We asked a group of experts to share their thoughts:https://trib.al/jj0rZOM 

Venezuela ended up with politics that are typical of autocracies that discover oil, write @MoisesNaim & @QuicoToro: a predatory, extractive oligarchy that ignores regular people as long they stay quiet and that violently suppresses them when they protest.https://trib.al/DLkuyzk 

"Neither carrots nor sticks have swayed China as predicted. Diplomatic and commercial engagement have not brought political and economic openness," write Kurt M. Campbell and @elyratner.https://trib.al/6Po4UuO 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lays out the Trump administration's strategy toward #Iran:https://trib.al/WZ1Fow6 

Russia extensively infiltrated the Ukrainian army and security services prior to its 2014 invasion, and it may now be using paramilitaries to do the same inside NATO, write @m_orenstein and @peterkreko.https://trib.al/mCEXir2 

“From Trump’s tariffs to his withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris agreement to calling the EU a ‘foe,’ no U.S. president since World War II has appeared so distant, even hostile, to European interests,” write @benjaminhaddad and @apolyakova.https://trib.al/SUPsPfb 

For Washington to demonstrate that it can credibly defend its allies against revisionist states like #Russia and #China, it will need both conventional military power and the right strategy and weapons to fight a limited nuclear war, writes @ElbridgeColby.https://trib.al/t0vAyWp 

There is no credible replacement for Merkel in sight, much less a vision for the future of conservative politics in a modern #Germany, writes @GeorgDiez1.https://trib.al/8kyeqo4 

Why was Obama largely unable to follow through on the promise of a nuclear-free world?https://trib.al/VQ83drV 

“Venezuela ended up with politics that are typical of autocracies that discover oil: a predatory, extractive oligarchy that ignores regular people as long they stay quiet and that violently suppresses them when they protest.”https://trib.al/owAm0y4