Cosmopolitics by Elise Labott

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Last man standing
Zelensky is unwilling to bend to Trump's bullying tactics. He can't afford to.
 • Elise Labott
Loyalty is the new battle readiness
When combat experience matters less than political enthusiasm, we're crossing a line that America's allies and adversaries are watching closely.
 • Elise Labott
The lost plot of October 7
Two years in, let's remember how we got here
 • Elise Labott
Elbows Up in Canada
The world is pushing back on Trump's conquest dreams. So are Americans.
 • Elise Labott
Trump's allergy to Europe's 'yes'
The President isn't wrong about the strategic picture but his approach is a case study in how to alienate potential partners.
 • Elise Labott
Trump's Iran trap
A tactical success may force the president into choices he desperately wants to avoid
 • Elise Labott
Late night with Viktor Orban
Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension follows a script written in Budapest
 • Elise Labott
Davos: high altitude, low impact
The World Economic Forum has become less about finding real solutions and more about being seen to be finding them
 • Elise Labott
Ukraine's peace trap
Talks on ending the war are following troubling historical patterns
 • Elise Labott
The art of the con in Alaska
Alaska was cringe - but, it's just round one.
 • Elise Labott
Trump's fantastical Gaza flip
Beneath the outlandish packaging, Trump has inadvertently surfaced uncomfortable truths about Gaza the international community has been reluctant to…
 • Elise Labott
Wrong signal
There's an alarming casualness to guarding America's most sensitive information
 • Elise Labott
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