Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Has the United States become a predatory state? Harvard University professor and FP columnist Stephen M. Walt certainly thinks so, arguing that “the United States has, under Trump in his second term, essentially adopted a zero-sum approach” to foreign policy.

Learn more: foreignpolicy.com/2026/04/14/stephen-walt-iran-war-united-states-rogue-state