U.S. foreign policy establishment could use more unpredictable and disruptive forces.

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 — if indeed it ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

This so-called “madman theory” of conflict and competition has a long pedigree. Machiavelli was probably not the first to notice that “at times it is a very wise thing to simulate madness”.

Roseanne McManus, an associate professor of political science at Penn State University, says the modern version of the so-called "Madman Theory" or "Madman Strategy" was outlined in the late 1950s ...