Why the fight over security clearances matters ... Are the norms that Trump broke permanently broken? ... Dan: Trump's trade wars have created more free trade supporters ... Why NAFTA isn't getting renegotiated any time soon ... Would a Dem Congress be able to change Trump's trade policy? ... Will the liberal international order survive Trump? ...

Gary Cohn, we hardly knew ye ... The incoherence of Trump's trade policy ... Why the current debate about trade is out of date ... Will Mike Pompeo be better than Rex Tillerson? ... Assessing James Mattis's tenure ... Heather makes the case against the CIA's Gina Haskell ... Dan is genuinely worried about John Bolton in the White House ...

Trump's first year in foreign policy ... The international community of shitholes ... The logical contradiction at the heart of Trump's foreign policy ... Dan: Trump disdains the liberal international order but offers no alternative ... The challenge for internationalists ... The "constant crap" theory ...

Heather’s statement on the #metoo hashtag and sexual assault awareness ... What “America first” means to the rest of the world ... Is the liberal international order in danger? Heather says yes ... Dan’s book Avoiding Trivia makes a surprise appearance ... Heather: Social media matters, but information warfare is nothing new ...

The end of the “axis of adults” ... Heather: Trump needs Deterrence Theory 101 ... How much should we fear North Korea? ... Which Trump adviser will be the next to go? ... The disconnect between Trump and the Pentagon ... The case for negotiating with North Korea ...

What Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Accord says about executive power ... Comparing Trump and Bush: why messaging matters ... Dan on Trump's diplomacy: more predictable, less credible ... Will Trump's grandstanding on NATO bring results? ... Has Trump deterred nationalist populism in Europe? ... Global governance in the age of populism ...

The end of Turkish democracy? ... The foreign policy “axis of adults” ... Nikki Haley, rising star ... Why the MOAB and the Syria strikes won’t scare Kim Jong-Un ... Will Trump negotiate with North Korea? ...

Why has Trump left so many jobs unfilled? ... And does it matter? ... The options for dealing with North Korea (spoiler: They’re all bad) ... Trump’s confusing approach to China ... Why Trump hates multilateral trade agreements ... Dan’s pick for most embarrassing Trump administration moment of the week ...

The boring first week of Trump’s presidency ... What does the State Department exodus mean? ... A return to black sites and torture? ... Why the immigration executive orders will undermine national security ... The yuge myth about the international order ... Why the $@&%?! would Trump want to lift sanctions on Russia? ...

What Heather and Dan got wrong about the election ... Will Trump’s national security team face a recruitment problem? ... Will Trump’s cabinet be plagued by infighting? ... Dan: Fiscal hawks could lose bigly ... How will The Hill respond to Trump? ... The ethics of serving in a Trump administration ...