The president-elect’s weird threats against Canada, Greenland, and Panama seem designed to reinforce fears that he’ll nuke ...

This theory that Trump’s most extreme threats are play-acting or bluffs is in some ways comforting. But there are real risks to having a president so committed to the madman bit. Taken at face ...

Donald Trump's anticipated return to the Oval Office is influencing global politics. His unpredictable diplomacy is reshaping ...

The president-elect's undiplomatic talk in recent days of reclaiming the Panama Canal — and annexing Greenland and even ...

Historians root the madman theory in Machiavelli, who wrote that “at times it is a very wise thing to simulate madness.” ...

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Driving the news Madman theory redux According to a Foreign Policy article, the madman theory, a strategy where leaders project unpredictability to extract concessions, has historical roots in ...