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Bard College Commencement Address
Donald Trump’s incredibly reckless second term
Trump’s China pragmatism is welcome
Washington PostJonah BaderChina, Donald Trump, Cold War, Xi Jinping, Soviet Union, tariffs, Joe Biden, Uyghurs, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, technology
The Iran dilemma Washington refuses to resolve
The costs of Trump’s contempt are starting to show
Washington PostJonah BaderDonald Trump, Greenland, China, Europe, military, SWIFT, currency, populism, Viktor Orban, Canada, Mark Carney, Strait of Hormuz, Asia, European Union, Asian Allies, Japan, South Korea, Iran War
U.S. volatility is advancing China’s long game
Washington PostJonah BaderChina, Iran War, Iran, Iraq, Strait of Hormuz, Xi Jinping, artificial intelligence, robotics, technology, clean energy, Taiwan, dollar
Trump’s outrageous Hormuz talk shuns basic strategy
Trump’s Iran own goal
Washington PostJonah BaderIran War, Iran, nuclear weapons, Hezbollah, Hamas, Syria, Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, Strait of Hormuz, oil, Gulf States
Trump’s red lines mean nothing now
Washington PostJonah BaderIran War, Iran, Syria, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Strait of Hormuz, Pete Hegseth, Lindsey Graham, Middle East
Iran and the new arithmetic of war
Washington PostJonah BaderIran, war, drones, Ukraine, weapons, Gulf States, Gulf War, Iran War, future of war, military, missile
America’s imperial trap in Iran
Washington PostJonah BaderGreat Britain, Britain, Iran, United States, Middle East, China, Russia, Africa, Gulf States, Iran War
An Iranian civil war is not in America’s interest
Washington PostJonah Baderregime change, Iran, Venezuela, Pete Hegseth, Kurds, donald, Benjamin Netanyahu, Syria, IRGC, Saddam Hussein, Israel, Gulf States, Iran War
‘Bomb and hope’ is not a strategy
European-scale taxation, New York-scale dysfunction
Washington PostJonah BaderZohran Mamdani, New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, budget, Education, Taxes, business, Housing, Pensions, affordability, cities
Stability isn’t selling in today’s democracies
