Eli Lake | The Seattle Times

July 20, 2018 at 2:20 pm

Dan Coats tries to tame Trump’s chaotic cabinet | Eli Lake | Syndicated columnist

If the president is going to ignore them, why should Trump’s national security cabinet members stick around?

July 16, 2018 at 12:57 pm

Why Mueller’s latest indictment is so breathtaking | Eli Lake | Syndicated columnist

The very government capabilities derided five years ago as potential invasions of privacy were necessary in pinning blame on a foreign government that used much cruder...

June 13, 2018 at 1:32 pm

Kim Jung Un: From pariah to pal in a queasy heartbeat | Eli Lake | Syndicated columnist

Trump is deluding himself if he thinks a nuclear deal with Kim will benefit Koreans rotting in his gulags.

May 10, 2018 at 2:29 pm

Threats and pressure get results when it comes to Iran

It’s too soon to say whether President Trump’s gamble this week to exit the Iran deal will end up creating a nuclear crisis. But threatening...

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This artwork by Jennifer Kohnke refers to Donald Trump's potential talks with North Korean dictator, King Jong-Un.

April 30, 2018 at 3:54 pm

Beware of the Korean peace trap | Eli Lake / Syndicated columnist

The rhetoric of Kim Jong Un’s overtures to South Korea have the echo of past broken promises.

April 20, 2018 at 3:33 pm

Trump is not Nixon and North Korea is not China | Eli Lake | Syndicated columnist

There is no chance this summitry will unshackle a great power the way Nixon’s fateful trip to China did in 1972.

April 9, 2018 at 2:22 pm

Expect another half measure in Syria from President Trump | Eli Lake | Syndicated columnist

Like Obama before him, Trump has been careful not to disturb the sinister plans of the Russo-Iranian-Assad coalition trying to consolidate the country that has...

Investigators in protective suits work at the scene in the Maltings shopping centre in Salisbury, England, Tuesday, March 13, 2018. The use of Russian-developed nerve agent Novichok to poison ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter makes it “highly likely” that Russia was involved, British Prime Minister Theresa May said Monday. Novichok refers to a class of nerve agents developed in the Soviet Union near the end of the Cold War.(Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

March 15, 2018 at 3:44 pm

Trump can no longer have it both ways on Russia | Guest columnist

The expiration date on this Janus-faced approach to Russia has arrived. The specific moment was on Tuesday after Trump had fired his secretary of state,...

January 18, 2018 at 1:41 pm

Don’t be fooled by North Korea’s Olympics stunt | Guest columnist

Now would be a good moment to ignore the Olympic diplomacy in Seoul and give a full-scale economic pressure campaign a chance.

December 7, 2017 at 10:13 am

Trump’s move frees Palestinians to focus on peace | Guest columnist

The real danger of sticking to the policy of Jerusalem neutrality is that it feeds a Palestinian illusion: With enough patience and rage, one day...