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Tian is research director of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute and the co-author of the New York Times best-selling book Trump's Ten Commandments (Simon & Schuster/Worth).

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Jun 22, 2026

Trump, Iran and the Denial of Defeat

President Donald Trump always declares victory and relentlessly repeats that narrative, regardless o...

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How Trump Keeps Exploiting America’s Legal Loopholes

President Donald Trump continues to outfox constitutional cognoscenti by finding conniving cracks in...

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May 23, 2026

How Ukraine Found the Cards To Win, Without Help From the U.S.

Kyiv’s revolutionary drone industry has turned the tide against Russia’s invasion.

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Colonies in Collision: What Some Allied Leaders Get Wrong About Trump

President Donald Trump probes the limits of what is permissible, pressing forward to test resistance...

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Apr 8, 2026

Why We Predicted Trump’s Iran Ceasefire

"Trump’s Iran ceasefire was anything but surprising and mirrors his career-long instincts across pol...

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Mar 25, 2026

The Method to Trump’s Madness

In their new book, 'Trump’s Ten Commandments,' Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian break down the Pre...

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Feb 10, 2026

Trump’s Denial of Defeat

One of the most consistent through-lines of President Donald Trump's career has been to reject those...

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Feb 7, 2026

Trump’s Obama Video Was a Diversion, Not an Accident Trump’s Obama Video Was a Diversion, Not an Accident

"Rather than an inadvertent mistake, this episode epitomizes Trump’s approach to intentionally creat...

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Jan 29, 2026

Trump Shouts Loudly and Fumbles a Big Stick

From Greenland to Minnesota, some of Trump's tried-and-true leadership tools are backfiring on him.

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Aug 16, 2025

Trump’s Summit Need Not Be an Echo of Appeasement

"The truth is that even now, Trump holds all the leverage while Putin has none."

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Aug 9, 2025

Trump Has the Upper Hand Going into His Meeting with Putin

"Ahead of their meeting on Aug. 15, Trump needs to remember that he holds all the cards—while Putin ...

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Aug 2, 2025

How Trump's Decision to Fire BLS Chief Echoes Putin’s Strategies

While Trump may or may not be friends with Putin, he is clearly following the Russian President’s HR...

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Jul 24, 2025

Volodomyr Zelensky Must Stand Up to Corruption

Recent measures to strip Ukrainian's anti-corruption institutions of power were a mistake. Now, Zele...

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Jun 26, 2025

What Will Really Happen if New York City Goes Socialist

Zohran Mamdani’s economic proposals do not match the real challenges of today

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Jun 22, 2025

Taking Out Iran’s Nuclear Facilities Usher In a New Dawn

Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites appear to mark a pivotal step toward Middle East peace.

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