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I struggle these days whenever someone asks me for my political affiliation. But if you really force me, I’d describe myself as a 'Waymo Democrat.' Waymos are the self-driving electric taxis started...

There was a time when a meeting between the president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel brought only pride to both Israeli and American Jews, who saw two democratic leaders working...

After two trips to China in the past four months, I’ve been trying to say this every way I know how: Folks, you just don’t understand. Covid had terrible effects on human health and mortality,...

Donald Trump is not known for doing his homework — he’s more of a go-with-my-gut kind of guy. What I find most terrifying about what Trump is doing today is that he seems to be largely relying on...

There is a lot of talk in Beijing this week over when President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping of China will meet face to face. Some Chinese experts say the two leaders need to wait a few...

Whenever President Donald Trump talks about Ukraine there is always something off, something missing, that makes you wonder what he is really up to — and his brief remarks on Ukraine to a joint...

President Donald Trump’s plan to take over the Gaza Strip, remove its 2 million Palestinians and turn the coastal desert strip into some sort of Club Med proves only one thing: how short a distance...

When I look at the torrent of executive orders and tariffs that President Donald Trump has issued since taking office, I fear that I’m watching the real-life version of that Certified Financial...

There were a lot of raised eyebrows and quiet chuckles this month when President-elect Donald Trump invited President Xi Jinping to Washington for his inauguration. Foreign leaders don’t attend our...

I just spent a week in Beijing and Shanghai, meeting with Chinese officials, economists and entrepreneurs, and let me get right to the point: While we were sleeping China took a great leap forward in...

I have a simple rule of thumb when assessing the potential instability of Middle Eastern countries. They come in just two varieties: countries that implode and countries that explode. That is...

Last week I argued that the blows Israel inflicted on Iran and its most important proxy, Hezbollah, would have vast consequences for the military balance in the region. It has only taken a few days...

I don’t know why people say that president-elect Donald Trump is going to face difficult challenges in foreign policy. All he needs to do is get Vladimir Putin to compromise on Russia’s western...

There are many reasons I was deeply disappointed that The Washington Post’s owner, Jeff Bezos, chose to kill his newspaper’s editorial endorsing Kamala Harris for president, but none more than the...

Let’s review the latest headlines: The US is sending an advanced antimissile system to Israel, along with troops to operate it. Iran’s foreign minister says there will be “no red lines”...

So what am I thinking about on this anniversary of the Hamas-Hezbollah-Iran-Israel war? Something my strategy teacher, Prof John Arquilla of the US Naval Postgraduate School, taught me: All wars come...

To understand why and how Israel’s devastating blow to Hezbollah is such a world-shaking threat to Iran, Russia, North Korea and even China, you have to put it in the context of the wider struggle...

Immediately after Hamas invaded Israel on October 7, I urged Israel to think about how to respond by asking itself one question: What does your worst enemy want you to do? Then do the opposite. Iran...

I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon, Portugal, hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my lifetime,...

It is time for the Biden administration to give Israel more than just gentle nudges about how it would be kind of, sort of nice if Israel could fight this war in the Gaza Strip without killing...