Foreign Policy
Issues in this constellation
Decoupling, containment, engagement — and where each ends.
Israel, Iran, Gulf realignment, the post-Abraham-Accords order.
Rebuilding domestic capacity for munitions, ships, semiconductors.
Free-trade orthodoxy versus strategic protectionism for hard goods.
War posture: aid levels, peace terms, NATO involvement.
NATO, AUKUS, Pacific alliances — burden-sharing and trust.
Recent pieces (2)
- May 17, 2026
Lipton Matthews engages Dan Wang's Breakneck thesis that China is an engineering state and America a lawyerly society — endorsing the critique that American proceduralism paralyzes infrastructure delivery, while defendin…
- May 17, 2026
Steve Stockman argues the cheapest way to resolve the Iran regime threat is to airdrop handguns ("modern Peacemakers") to the Iranian populace and let them topple the mullahs from within, framing this as Trump's "Silent …
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