The Agenbite of Diplomacy: Are Negotiations Still a Thing?

The Agenbite of Diplomacy: Are Negotiations Still a Thing?

Language sometimes betrays us. Politicians routinely betray language. Trump has perfected a trend he didn’t initiate: the discrediting of diplomacy in favor of brute force. Trump’s Iran policy lays bare what previous administrations disguised: “negotiations” have become cover for subterfuge...