The Democratic and Republican presidential contenders have begun defining their approach to major foreign policy issues as they jockey for position in their parties’ primaries.

The midterm elections will have ramifications for U.S. foreign policy.

American politics turned hyper toxic several years ago, and ever since commentators have raised the specter of a second civil war. No other historical parallel, it seems, captures so viscerally today…

America is one country and two nations. They will have to coexist; whether they can work together remains to be seen.