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

Being disruptive and provocative is part of the Donald Trump playbook. Therefore, his observations on Greenland and Panama ...

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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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...