Jazz Hands and Hard Power

The question isn't whether President Trump will shake things up (he will) but whether his unorthodox foreign policy can translate into lasting diplomatic achievements

I'm back, Cosmopolitans.

I took the last two months away from Substack and the media circus. I needed time to think. Really think. Not just about settling into my fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations and dealing with personal matters (which I'll spare you), but about what comes next: a new administration, a transformed Middle East, and America'…