Despite US President Donald Trump’s startling proposals and unpredictable rhetoric unsettling traditional allies, many in Iran’s intellectual and policy circles are responding with measured optimism. Mr Trump’s aggressive approach to ending “forever wars” has raised eyebrows but it may be starting to bear fruit with Tehran. The two sides have …

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is set to become a thing of the past after President Donald Trump announced his intent to ‘get rid of it’.i Trump issued an executive order aimed at overhauling the US foreign aid system, citing misalignment with American interests and values. He …

Washington’s decision to broker an end to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war has caused heartburn and backlash from its European allies and Kyiv. The desire for strategic flexibility, which is as much a function of power as it is of agency, explains in part why Washington has shifted its policy on …