The Foreign Desk

Reporting and analysis on America's role in the world, diplomacy, wars, allies, rivals and global affairs.

The Foreign Desk

Jun 18, 2026

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4 min read

The Price of Trump

Ask the contractors. Ask the senators. Ask his ex-wives. Now ask Israel.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

May 27, 2026

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4 min read

An American Encyclical

"Magnifica Humanitas" is a declaration of independence from the Overlords of AI, and it offers our faltering liberalism a much-needed gift.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

This War's Lies Are Different—And More Dangerous

May 13, 2026

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4 min read

This War's Lies Are Different—And More Dangerous

Trump teaches our country that truth doesn't matter. Hatred does.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

May 11, 2026

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4 min read

DOGE's Death Toll

The body count nobody pays attention to any more.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

Apr 22, 2026

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3 min read

Trump's Real War--and Phony "Victory"

Trump and Netanyahu launched a war they cannot win.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

Apr 13, 2026

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3 min read

God and Caesar

Donald Trump has picked a fight with the Pope. What it reveals about both men.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

Apr 8, 2026

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4 min read

What Trump's War Didn't Solve

Tehran emerges with its nuclear material intact and new leverage over a global chokepoint, leaving the central risks unresolved.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

The High Price of Devotion to Donald Trump

Apr 6, 2026

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4 min read

The High Price of Devotion to Donald Trump

On Easter Sunday, the president posted something monstrous. His supporters said nothing. They never do anymore. And that silence has a cost.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

Five Things Donald Trump Didn't Think Through Before He Started a War

Mar 30, 2026

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5 min read

Five Things Donald Trump Didn't Think Through Before He Started a War

He planned for the best-case scenario. The war is now being shaped by the worst-case ones.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

Mar 23, 2026

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5 min read

The Costs of Trump's War--So Far

The bills are already coming due. And we will be reckoning with what we've done, and what it is doing to us, for a long time to come.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

Mar 18, 2026

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3 min read

Trump's Zombie Republicans

He promised no more wars. They believed him. Then he started one. They cheered.

Terry Moran

The Foreign Desk

The Price of Trump

An American Encyclical

This War's Lies Are Different—And More Dangerous

DOGE's Death Toll

Trump's Real War--and Phony "Victory"

God and Caesar

What Trump's War Didn't Solve

The High Price of Devotion to Donald Trump

Five Things Donald Trump Didn't Think Through Before He Started a War

The Costs of Trump's War--So Far

Trump's Zombie Republicans

Real Patriotism