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Farewell to the Ideology of ‘Development’?
Can Trump finally succeed in the 60-plus year struggle to overcome the failed and misguided ideology of “Developmentalism” at USAID?
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The War Party is Recycling Their ‘Unpatriotic Conservatives’ Mantra
The fight for the soul of the new Trump administration looks an awful lot like the last one.
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We Were Right About Foreign Policy
U.S. leaders continue vindicating Chronicles' warnings with their disastrous foreign policy decisions. It remains to be seen whether President Trump will continue to break the trend by keeping the U.S. out of unnecessary wars.
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The Rule of Lawfare
Lawfare is the manipulation of the legal system to get Donald Trump. But more broadly, it's the use of existing law, in a manner not intended by its framers, to neutralize or destroy enemies of those in power.
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Neocon Pitfalls for Trump 2.0
Former Trump advisor Robert C. O’Brien began campaigning for a spot in the next Trump admin by penning an unhinged neocon manifesto. Unfortunately, O’Brien may soon find his way into the second Trump admin.
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NeverVancers Are the New NeverTrumpers
The usual suspects are out in force to undermine J. D. Vance as antithetical to Reagan’s realism merely because he repudiates George W. Bush’s disasters.
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What Trump Sees in Doug Burgum
Trump’s VP contest isn’t really about the contestants; it’s about investing the audience in the drama of choosing and the man making the choice. Burgum is just plausible enough to extend that drama.
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Trump Hunts for a VP Close to Home
There’s more than one way the GOP could wind up with a New York-Florida ticket this November.
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Veepstakes Give Trump an Edge
Small though the influence of a VP pick usually is, Trump has several ways to turn the right choice into a winning hand.
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Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness … Unless Talking About Trump or His Foreign Policy
Too many very public Christians in politics seem to have a problem honoring the ninth commandment when it comes to Trump, his supporters, and their foreign policy preferences.
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The 2024 Test for the New American Right
Among the pool of potential Republican presidential candidates for 2024, Ron DeSantis embodies the tenets and overall ethos of the more nationalist- and populist-infused "New Right" better than any other non-Trump alternative.