The Classicist

The Classicist: The Foreign Policy Landscape

Analyzing threats in Russia, Asia, and the Middle East.

The ClassicistJuly 13, 2017
The Classicist: The Foreign Policy Landscape

Victor Davis Hanson examines the major foreign policy challenges facing the Trump Administration, including how to properly calibrate the US relationship with Russia, how to defang a nuclear North Korea, and how to combat terrorism as ISIS shifts to a new era.

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