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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
The quiet collapse of global nuclear stability
Washington PostJonah BaderCold War, instability, nuclear weapon, nuclear weapons, Nuclear, nonproliferation, China, Russia, Joe Biden, South Korea, Japan
The real ‘civilizational erasure’ is happening in America
How not to lead
The world is adjusting to an unreliable United States
Washington PostJonah BaderEurope, European Union, Brazil, china, Latin America, Southeast Asia, ASEAN, Canada, Mark Carney, tariffs
Trump is teaching the world to fear America
Washington PostJonah BaderRussia, China, NATO, World War II, United Nations, George W. Bush, Iraq, Venezuela, Stephen Miller, Nicolas Maduro, Monroe Doctrine, Theodore Roosevelt, Latin America, Mexico
Ukraine’s fate in 2026 will define the international order
Trump’s doctrine is ‘Make America Small Again’
From meritocracy to plutocracy
Strongmen around the world are increasingly inspired by America’s example
Washington PostJonah Baderauthoritarianism, Supreme Court, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Vietnam, war powers, Watergate, Richard Nixon, Donald Trump, unitary executive theory, illiberal democracy, Democracy
Ukraine is teetering. Why return to a failed policy?
