The Walt-Mearsheimer view on the midterm elections

It's not written by Stephen Walt, it's not written by John Mearsheimer, but James Traub must be a disciple of their paranoia. As a general rule, American politicians do not rally to the side of foreign leaders when those leaders directly confront the president of the United States. I don't, for example, recall liberal Democrats cheering on French President Jacques Chirac when he defied President