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Columnist at Bloomberg Opinion. Previously editor-in-chief of Handelsblatt Global; 20 years at The Economist. Author of "Hannibal and Me." Opinions my own
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Kim Jong Un feels stronger than ever to stare down the US.

Trump has no answers

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The US Has No Idea How to Deal With North Korea
Thank goodness that Donald Trump did not — despite speculation that he might — meet the dictator of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, while the American president was visiting the Korean peninsula last month ...
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November 11, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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In treating Nigeria, South Africa, and all of Africa and the world like domestic enemies, Trump is making huge strategic errors in foreign policy

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The White House Is Using Africa as a MAGA Prop
First, South Africans were the ones baffled by the bizarre sounds coming out of the White House. Now it’s Nigerians’ turn. And other Africans may be next.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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“A House of Dynamite” should be required viewing for all world leaders, especially those with nuclear weapons.

@andreaskluth.bsky.social explains why 🎥
November 3, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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If Trump resumed nuclear testing, he'd be helping China, not the US, and starting a global arms race

He won't, but threatening is almost as bad

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Just the Threat of US Nuclear Testing Is Bad Enough
Just as nuclear war, in all its sheer insanity, has returned to Hollywood and public attention, the leaders of the world’s two atomic superpowers seem to be doing their best to make the jitters worse.
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October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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"A House of Dynamite" by Kathryn Bigelow shows the insanity of nuclear weapons and 'strategy'.
Every world leader should view it.

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‘House of Dynamite’ Nails the Psychological Reality of Nuclear War
Late in the new movie A House of Dynamite, the American president, evacuating in his helicopter and having to decide whether to launch nuclear weapons at no one in particular, in retaliation for an in...
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October 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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If you're still not sure whether America risks sliding into authoritarianism, talk to these military lawyers (called JAGs)

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Hegseth Is Waging War Against the Laws of War
If you’re still not sure whether the United States is at risk of sliding into authoritarianism, talk to some Americans who know all about the proper and improper uses of violence. They are the men and...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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The US is staging a huge show of military might off the coast of Venezuela ... to do what exactly?

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The US Is Courting Disaster in Venezuela
One of the many puzzles in current American foreign policy concerns the Western Hemisphere, and specifically the Caribbean near Venezuela and Colombia. At huge cost, the administration of President Do...
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October 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Rarely if ever has a US administration been so confused and at a loss about what it wants from China, and how to get it

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The US Has No China Policy, No Strategy and No Clue
As the presidents of the United States and China prepare to meet on the sidelines of an economic summit in South Korea — an encounter that may not actually happen — some foreign-policy strategists in ...
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October 18, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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What’s happening in Gaza will define US-Israel relations for a generation.

@andreaskluth.bsky.social explains what’s at stake 🎥
October 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Young Americans - Democrats and Republicans, Jews and Evangelicals - have turned away from Israel. That will change US politics for a generation

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The Gaza Ceasefire Won’t Win Back Young Americans for Israel
Huzzah, hosanna and hallelujah: To US President Donald Trump for brokering a ceasefire that could, possibly, mark the beginnings of peace between Israelis and Palestinians. To the hostages and their f...
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October 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Now that Trump was passed over for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, here's some unsolicited advice for winning it in 2026.

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This Nobel Goes to Machado. For Trump There’s Always 2026
Once again, five otherwise obscure individuals on the Nobel committee in Oslo, chosen by the Norwegian parliament, made controversial news today in giving out their Peace Prize, the world’s most sough...
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October 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Overconfidence and other cognitive biases are raising the risk of war

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Hubris at the Top Could Start a Major War
As the world (including the self-styled peacemaker-in-chief in the White House) holds its breath for the announcement of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, spare a moment to ponder the growing risk of war...
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October 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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The problem with 'peace through strength,' America's friends and foes, and the growing risk of nuclear war ... in 7 short video clips

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October 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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With his fixation on the Western Hemisphere, Trump is committing "superpower suicide"...

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Trump's Fixation on Americas Dooms the US as a Superpower
As the Trump administration contemplates attacking Venezuela and ousting its regime, a pattern that began with Greenland and Canada in the north and Panama in the middle takes on more detailed contour...
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October 2, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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President Trump stressed the idea of “peace through strength” in a speech to top generals.

But the theory has some flaws, @andreaskluth.bsky.social explains 🎥
September 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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By confusing friends and foes, strategy and personal chemistry, posturing and resolve, the American president has made everyone less safe

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Trump Has Lost Credibility Worldwide, at Huge Cost
By confusing friends and foes, strategy and personal chemistry, posturing and resolve, the American president has made everyone less safe.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Trump’s hour-long speech at the UN missed a crucial point: The global body can only accomplish what its members support, @andreaskluth.bsky.social explains 🎥

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September 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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The Trump administration views the UN as a useless, woke cesspool.

Instead, it reflects the world as it is, assembled to save humanity from hell

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The US Assault on the UN Rests on a Tragic Misunderstanding
The Trump administration views the UN as a useless, woke cesspool. Instead, it reflects the world as it is, assembled to “save humanity from hell.”
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September 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Remember the Communist International?

The Trump administration is trying to forge a “Popintern” — Populist International — with right-wing parties in democracies.

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The White House Is Noisily Mobilizing the World’s Far Right
Remember the Communist International? The Trump administration is trying to forge a “Popintern” — Populist International — with right-wing parties in democracies.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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Trump keeps treating US allies like a landlord squeezing tenants for rent.

@andreaskluth.bsky.social explains why they’ll never trust America again 🎥
September 16, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Trump keeps treating the nation’s allies with such contempt that the consequences will be lasting and ugly

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America’s Friends Will Never Trust the US Again
Trump keeps treating the nation’s allies with such contempt that the consequences will be lasting and ugly.
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September 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Sure, rename the Department of Defense. But then remember that war is hell and obliges leaders to have a strategy

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What the White House Doesn’t Get About ‘War’
Sure, rename the Department of Defense. But then remember that war is hell and obliges leaders to have a strategy.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Bird’s-eye and worm’s-eye views suggest that the Trump administration has no plan for the Gaza Strip, except to let Netanyahu do whatever he wants

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The US Has Outsourced Its Gaza Policy to Israel
Bird’s-eye and worm’s-eye views suggest that the Trump administration has no plan for the Palestinians, except to let Netanyahu do whatever he wants.
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September 4, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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In an ideal world, the US would back Ukraine all the way.

In this world, it could try to protect Ukraine as it has for decades helped Taiwan

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Congress Already Knows How to Help Ukraine
In an ideal world, the US would back Ukraine to the hilt. In this world, it could at least help Ukraine as it has for decades supported Taiwan.
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August 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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As America keeps waging war on expertise in government, Russia, China and others must be doing cartwheels

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This War on Expertise Thrills America’s Enemies
China, Russia and America's other foes must be happy about the Trump administration’s national-security purge.
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August 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM