Democracy’s crisis of faith
Trump’s approach to Middle East diplomacy won’t work with China
Washington PostJonah BaderGaza, Israel, Hamas, Donald Trump, China, tariffs, Trade, Xi Jinping, Middle East, AUKUS, NATO, India, Research
Five realities about the new Middle East
Washington PostJonah BaderDonald Trump, Israel, Hamas, Gaza, Qatar, Benjamin Netanyahu, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran, two-state solution
As America fumbles, China races ahead
Washington PostJonah BaderChina, United Nations, Xi Jinping, tariffs, Africa, solar power, electric cars, batteries, artificial intelligence, Huawei, Harvard
Trump flouts the rules. What happened to our checks and balances?
Washington PostJonah BaderImmigration, checks and balances, populism, Illiberal, illiberal democracy, Constitution, Justice Department, Supreme Court, Democracy, authoritarianism
This polarization is poisonous. But there are partial victories.
Washington PostJonah Baderpolarization, Ronald Reagan, J-D- Vance, Justice Department, Richard Nixon, Culture, Culture Wars, abortion, gay rights, Immigration
Putin’s strategy for Ukraine: Push the bayonet
Pivotal countries are moving away from the U.S. and toward China
Washington PostJonah BaderRussia, North Korea, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, china, Kim Jong Un, India, Turkey, Vietnam, Egypt, Brazil, South Africa, BRICS, tariffs, bolso, Lula, Narendra Modi
Trump’s biggest foreign policy mistake
Washington PostJonah BaderIndia, tariffs, Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Narendra Modi, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Quad, Joe Biden, Pakistan
We are upending the world based on anecdotes, exaggerations and lies
Washington PostJonah BaderUnited States, tariffs, globalization, Donald Trump, Trade, free trade, median income, China Shock, manufacturing, Culture
Trump’s tariffs are undermining the peaceful, prosperous world order
There is a larger problem for Trump in the Epstein chaos
Trump is deporting fewer people than Obama. He’s just louder and meaner.
Here is a way for Trump to win that Nobel Prize
Washington PostJonah Baderisrael, Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Syria, Bashar al-Assad, ira
Unilateral war won’t build a safer world
Washington PostJonah BaderIran deal, Iran, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis, Donald Trump, diplomacy, nuclear weapons, uranium, nonproliferation, rules-based international order, Vietnam