US foreign policy update
February 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
US foreign policy update
US foreign policy in Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kremlin.
September 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
US foreign policy in Europe is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Kremlin.
When US foreign policy is in the hands of the dumbest American.
March 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM
When US foreign policy is in the hands of the dumbest American.
As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy
March 9, 2026 at 9:12 PM
As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy
The US now has the Thiel-Vance foreign policy, the Steve Witkoff foreign policy, the Jared Kushner foreign policy, the Marco Rubio foreign policy, and once in a blue moon the Donald Trump foreign policy... and Putin and Netanyahu plus Saudi, UAE & Qatar drive most of it.
November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The US now has the Thiel-Vance foreign policy, the Steve Witkoff foreign policy, the Jared Kushner foreign policy, the Marco Rubio foreign policy, and once in a blue moon the Donald Trump foreign policy... and Putin and Netanyahu plus Saudi, UAE & Qatar drive most of it.
20 years ago, this explanation for US foreign policy was considered anti-american
January 6, 2026 at 12:06 AM
20 years ago, this explanation for US foreign policy was considered anti-american
Narcissism drives US foreign policy
open.substack.com/pub/stevesch...
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Narcissism drives US foreign policy
Donald Trump’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu shows how his ego continues to drive American foreign policy.
open.substack.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Narcissism drives US foreign policy
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A ton of American discourse about US foreign policy ends up in the Bojack Trap
July 15, 2026 at 1:59 PM
A ton of American discourse about US foreign policy ends up in the Bojack Trap
US foreign policy with South Africa tomorrow
June 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM
US foreign policy with South Africa tomorrow
Realism vs. Reality
March 26, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Realism vs. Reality
the transfer to El Salvador of US deportees is, per Pres Bukele, a straight up contract that has “nothing to do w/foreign policy.” The fees we are paying makes their entire prison system “sustainable.” Don’t see how US can make argument that bringing A-G back is some sensitive foreign policy matter
April 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
the transfer to El Salvador of US deportees is, per Pres Bukele, a straight up contract that has “nothing to do w/foreign policy.” The fees we are paying makes their entire prison system “sustainable.” Don’t see how US can make argument that bringing A-G back is some sensitive foreign policy matter
The Putinization of US foreign policy continues apace.
January 3, 2026 at 8:38 AM
The Putinization of US foreign policy continues apace.
A heated exchange between Van Hollen and Rubio: "Writing an op ed to the Tufts newspaper is disrupting the foreign policy of the US? That's pathetic, Mr. Secretary."
May 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A heated exchange between Van Hollen and Rubio: "Writing an op ed to the Tufts newspaper is disrupting the foreign policy of the US? That's pathetic, Mr. Secretary."
US foreign policy update: friends alienated, enemies united, armed forces spreading mulch in DC. MAGA
September 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
US foreign policy update: friends alienated, enemies united, armed forces spreading mulch in DC. MAGA
Russians are literally writing US foreign policy, they have more power projection in DC than in Kyiv LMAO
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Russians are literally writing US foreign policy, they have more power projection in DC than in Kyiv LMAO
ROSEN: Are you the lead for the US government on foreign policy?
RUBIO: No. The lead on US foreign policy is named Donald J Trump, the president of the United States
RUBIO: No. The lead on US foreign policy is named Donald J Trump, the president of the United States
January 28, 2026 at 5:46 PM
ROSEN: Are you the lead for the US government on foreign policy?
RUBIO: No. The lead on US foreign policy is named Donald J Trump, the president of the United States
RUBIO: No. The lead on US foreign policy is named Donald J Trump, the president of the United States
POTUS's quest for amusement as a driver of US foreign policy.
EAMON JAVERS
Do you think the negotiations are over now?
PRESIDENT TRUMP
I don’t care if they’re over, honestly. I really don’t care. I couldn’t care less. If they’re over, they’re over. If they’re not, you know, I think they took too much time. Frankly, I thought they started to get very boring.
Do you think the negotiations are over now?
PRESIDENT TRUMP
I don’t care if they’re over, honestly. I really don’t care. I couldn’t care less. If they’re over, they’re over. If they’re not, you know, I think they took too much time. Frankly, I thought they started to get very boring.
Trump tells CNBC: 'I don't care' if Iran negotiations are over
President Trump spoke with CNBC's Eamon Javers about the latest with the Iran war in an interview Monday.
www.cnbc.com
June 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
POTUS's quest for amusement as a driver of US foreign policy.
US foreign policy
June 18, 2026 at 2:38 PM
US foreign policy
So the US military is about to become the Drug Enforcement Agency for South America since we obviously learned nothing from the last 60 years of foreign policy.
October 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
So the US military is about to become the Drug Enforcement Agency for South America since we obviously learned nothing from the last 60 years of foreign policy.
Trump vies for Bush’s crown for worst foreign policy decision in history www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump vies for Bush’s crown for worst foreign policy decision in history
The US president upended half a century of US foreign policy in an eight-minute video with another attempt at Middle Eastern regime change
www.theguardian.com
March 1, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Trump vies for Bush’s crown for worst foreign policy decision in history www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Sadly, the only people likely to accept this are currently running US foreign policy.
September 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sadly, the only people likely to accept this are currently running US foreign policy.
Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
US foreign policy also for sale in the Balkans:
"The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans"
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"The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans"
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December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
US foreign policy also for sale in the Balkans:
"The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans"
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
"The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans"
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Because Trump is personally invested in it now and US foreign policy is dictated by his fragile ego and self aggrandizement. We don’t operate on what is in our national interest. US foreign policy is based on whether Trump perceives something will benefit or hurt him personally.
October 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Because Trump is personally invested in it now and US foreign policy is dictated by his fragile ego and self aggrandizement. We don’t operate on what is in our national interest. US foreign policy is based on whether Trump perceives something will benefit or hurt him personally.