Thomas Wright

There’s no majority in [the U.K.] Parliament for anything...The most fearsome possibility [for Brexit] seems to be “no deal.”

[John Bolton] still sees things in a legalistic way, not as a strategist of U.S. foreign policy interests...He wants to prove America can do something, but never really stops to think if it should.

China is trying to divide and conquer. It wants to put maximum pressure on individual countries and not have them band together.

Without the ‘Never Trumpers’ [State Department officials] have no bench, and they need all the help they can get...If there’s any thawing, that’s a positive thing.

[Wess] Mitchell was a strong supporter of NATO, particularly in Eastern Europe where he will be sorely missed. His departure comes follows the resignation of senior Pentagon officials – Robert Karem and Tom Goffus – working on NATO along with Secretary Mattis. Without this pro-alliance caucus, NATO is now more vulnerable than at any time since the beginning of the Trump administration.