A Bad Peace Deal Is Worse Than No Deal; The President’s Transactional Style Is Well Suited to the Middle East; Selective Proliferation Will Strengthen the Global Order, Not End It
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America’s Magical Thinking About Ukraine

A Bad Deal Is Worse Than No Deal

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U.S. President Donald Trump and leaders from the Middle East and North Africa at a summit on ending the Israel-Hamas war, Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, October 2025

Trump’s Middle East Order

The President’s Transactional Style Is Well Suited to the Region

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America Can’t Escape the Multipolar Order

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America’s Allies Should Go Nuclear

Selective Proliferation Will Strengthen the Global Order, Not End It

By Moritz S. Graefrath and Mark A. Raymond

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