Trump’s Ukraine scandal as seen from Kiev: It isn’t pretty | Trudy Rubin / Syndicated columnist
"I would like you to do us a favor." That phrase is at the heart of the shakedown phone call in which President Donald Trump...
Hong Kong democracy activists deserve U.S. support | Trudy Rubin / Syndicated columnist
Support for Hong Kong's democracy activists is good for U.S. interests, U.S. values, and even for Beijing, if it grasped the message.
Using force against Iran would make Gulf crisis worse | Trudy Rubin / Syndicated columnist
The president has virtually no experienced diplomatic team to back him up.
By firing John Bolton, Trump shows a desire to go solo on diplomacy — with puny results | Trudy Rubin / Syndicated columnist
During the 2016 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump was asked whom he talked with consistently about foreign affairs. "My primary consultant is myself," he said...
Britain’s Brexit drama holds parallels to political fights in US | Opinion
The center in British politics is failing, which is why the political system has been unable to resolve how to Brexit since a referendum narrowly...
Trump to fellow democracies: You’re on your own | Trudy Rubin / Syndicated columnist
He showed no interest in joining with fellow democratic leaders to tackle huge global problems.
Trump heading for the exits in Afghanistan | Trudy Rubin / Syndicated columnist
Banking on Pakistan to deliver its proxies is like inviting the Taliban to take Kabul. Judging by the tone of his sit-down with Khan in...
Elevating social-media fraudsters while eroding a free press | Trudy Rubin / Syndicated columnist
We are living at a time when social media already blurs the line between fact and fiction. Without a press that speaks "truth to power,"...
Joe Biden wants to make defense of democracies the crux of U.S. foreign policy | Trudy Rubin /Syndicated columnist
The most important element of Joe Biden's foreign-policy speech recently lay not in the details (which were thin) but in his embrace of one critical...
British ambassador’s resignation reflects troubles in two democracies | Trudy Rubin / Syndicated columnist
One has to ask how two great democracies have reached the point where they will both soon be led by politicians who lack basic decency,...