Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

Reluctant at First, Trump Officials Intervened in South Asia as Nuclear Fears Grew

As a conflict between India and Pakistan escalated, Vice President JD Vance told Fox News on Thursday that it was “fundamentally none of our business.” The United States could counsel both sides to back away, he suggested, but this was not America’s fight. Yet within 24 hours, Mr. Vance and Marco Rubio, in his first … Read more

Once-Powerful NSC Is Sidelined by Trump as Rubio Takes the Helm

Once-Powerful NSC Is Sidelined by Trump as Rubio Takes the Helm

Donald Trump is taking his time naming a permanent replacement for his National Security Adviser. But he’s already sent a clear message: the job once held by figures like Henry Kissinger and Zbigniew Brzezinski won’t matter in his administration nearly as much.  Even before he removed Mike Waltz from the post on May 1, the … Read more