For the past few years, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has railed ever more belligerently against the U.S., Europe and NATO, Washington’s foreign-policy establishment has argued for patience. Erdogan’s fusillades, mostly intended for domestic consumption, were thought to be a small inconvenience – certainly not enough for the West to abandon Turkey. Alas, the […]

President Donald Trump reinserted himself into the Iran nuclear negotiations this week, with decidedly mixed results. Trump’s reiteration Tuesday that he isn’t looking for regime change was welcome. As efforts to persuade Iran to scale back uranium enrichment intensify, it’s important for the regime to know that it faces no existential threat. The U.S. hopes […]

Roads should be improved to acknowledge their use by pedestrians and bicyclists, not just motorists.

It’s already a crime to identify a covert intelligence agent or confidential informant working overseas. But even though the law has only been used twice in 37 years — and even though no persuasive case has been made that it needs to be toughened or expanded. It needs to slow down and demand evidence that […]

A report tells us what to expect if nothing is done about climate change.