How the Trump Administration Broke the State Department

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9 years ago

by Robbie Gramer, Dan de Luce, and Colum Lynch

Morale has hit rock bottom at Foggy Bottom, as American foreign service officers languish and Rex Tillerson builds a mini-empire.

DISPATCH

by Reid Standish

Kazakhstan — Central Asia’s most stable state — is waking up to the fact that Islamic extremism has planted its roots and is here to stay.

VOICE

by Micah Zenko

America has never had more counterterrorism raids — and less of a counterterrorism strategy.

EXCLUSIVE

by Jenna McLaughlin

In off-the-record remarks, the president’s son-in-law offers a unique defense.

ARGUMENT

by Nanjala Nyabola

Will fake news sow chaos during Kenya’s election? Or will voters roll their eyes and change the channel?

JEFFREY LEWIS

MAX BOOT

STEPHEN M. WALT

LAURIE GARRETT

JAMES STAVRIDIS

SUZANNE NOSSEL