Elections

Part I of this newsletter published a week ago, before we had enough U.S. states reporting election results to call the race. Now, barring something truly odd, Joe Biden has won a more than [...]

So…we had an election. It has gone down to the wire. At the time of this writing mid-day November 4 the votes are still being counted. America’s politics have significantly de-matured since [...]

Mountain living can be…challenging. In the first of a series of video dispatches this week, I make lemons from lemonade and discuss the looming international challenges facing the American [...]

I normally try to stay out of American politics. My work is in the wider world, the American system is remarkably stable and self-regulating, and if I’m to be completely honest, making [...]

The results are in: Emmanuel Macron defeated Marine Le Pen of the National Front by 66% to 34%, making him the youngest president in French history. Many were worried about the implications of a [...]

Trump finally played a card with the Syria strike and it was a doozy – whether the messages were intended or not. The past week saw the rhetoric of President Trump’s campaign messages meet [...]

Trump has big foreign policy choices to make this week and they both have world changing consequences. It’s already been a big week for Trump. He just got his first pair of foreign policy crises. [...]

Trump is turning the government his own personal shade of orange and it may take decades to get the dye out. President Donald Trump formally signed off on the Keystone XL pipeline on March 24. [...]

How Merkel and Trump get along (or don’t get along) will determine the world’s path for at least the next three decades. Here it comes. German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with U.S. [...]

While the news focuses on the Flynn scandal, Mattis puts NATO – and the global system – on notice. So apparently whenever I go on vacation the rest of the world has a busy week. [...]