diplomacy

An election that’s bigger than one country

During trips to Europe when Barack Obama was president of the United States, I felt like a rock star because, well, he was one, and some of that sheen couldn’t help but rub off on any random American. It was a point his Republican antagonists used to attack him, as though possessing celebrity-style charisma was […]

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Opinion: Weighing the Costs of War and Diplomacy

Featured at Roll Call / Mary Curtis

John F. Kelly is getting a lot of criticism these days, and that’s understandable. As leader of the Department of Homeland Security, the retired Marine general now has to be more sensitive to the politics of any given situation. So when he publicly said critics of his agency’s policies — whether they come from Congress,

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