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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Daniel DePetris ## Daniel DePetris _Daniel R. DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities and a syndicated foreign affairs columnist at_ The Chicago Tribune. ## Daniel DePetris *  Sep 24, 2025 ### [Trump's War on 'Narcoterrorists' Is Doomed to Fail](https://time.com/7319697/trump-venezuela-narcoterrorism-drug-cartels/) Deadly strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats look ominously similar to the global war on terror. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 7, 2025 ### [What Trump Can't Achieve in Ukraine](https://time.com/7308259/trump-ceasefire-deadline-russia-putin/) The President's pressure tactics were never going to change Vladimir Putin's war calculus. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 28, 2024 ### [The U.S. Should Fully Withdraw From Iraq](https://time.com/7026080/us-troop-withdrawal-iraq/) The U.S. announced an end to the coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq. But it's not clear how ma... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 27, 2024 ### [Why Trump and Vance Aren't Really Isolationists](https://time.com/7003903/us-trump-vance-isolationism/) The pair are extremely skeptical of NATO but hawkish on Asia and the Middle East—in ways that could ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 20, 2023 ### [A U.S.-Saudi Defense Pact Is a Terrible Idea](https://time.com/6316003/us-saudi-defense-pact-mistake/) The Biden Administration wants a Saudi-Israel normalization deal but would pay a steep price for it.... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 13, 2023 ### [Why NATO's Growing Interest in Asia Is a Mistake](https://time.com/6294499/nato-summit-vilnius-asia/) A newfound focus on China's growing power in the Asia-Pacific could distract NATO from the war in Uk... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 28, 2022 ### [Weaponizing Energy Will Hurt Russia the Most](https://time.com/6217385/weaponizing-energy-will-hurt-russia-the-most/) Vladimir Putin’s energy game with Europe has all the makings of another blunder [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 15, 2022 ### [Biden’s Decision To Quit Afghanistan Is Still the Right Call](https://time.com/6206098/bidens-quit-afghanistan-right-call/) The Taliban have crushed women’s rights and a humanitarian crisis has worsened, but the U.S. war was... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 2, 2022 ### [There Are No Benefits to a Pelosi Visit to Taiwan](https://time.com/6202737/pelosi-taiwan-visit-us-china-relations/) The U.S. House Speaker's expected trip to Taiwan is no more than costly virtue signaling. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 1, 2022 ### [Putin’s War in Ukraine Shows the Limits of Western Sanctions](https://time.com/6193143/ukraine-russia-sanctions-limits/) Western-led sanctions are not unjust but they will not stop Putin's war in Ukraine [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-depetris/","name":"Daniel DePetris"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-depetris/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/daniel-depetris/"},"name":"Daniel DePetris","jobTitle":"Contributor","description":"Daniel R. 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