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This city—filled with division, filth and fighting—is a microcosm of the current condition of the world.

During such tumultuous times, are how questions about these topics the most pressing ones we should be asking?

How do the “tolerant” respond to people they view as “intolerant”?

Over the last few months, there have been some shocking stories about the decline of the British and American militaries. At the same time, militaries in Europe, China, Russia and Japan are rising. Trumpet contributing editor Richard Palmer explores why some are rising and some are falling.

Russia has been increasingly involved in arms trading, has ramped up provocations aimed at the United States and Britain, and is capitalizing on regional conflicts in places like Libya and Syria.

“It is commonplace to observe that Christmas is increasingly a pagan festival,” wrote Matt Ridley for the Times of London.

On today’s program, we examine how the world, and Europe specifically, will respond to “America first.”

U.S. President Donald Trump announced his administration’s new security strategy and managed to push through a major tax reform bill this week.

Few people have taken notice of a frightening event in Austria: A far-right party has joined Sebastian Kurz’s new coalition

The Trump administration issued the new strategy this week—and it’s a total reversal of the Obama administration's strategy.