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<em>The Atlantic</em> Politics &amp; Policy Daily: How Donald Trump Is Rethinking America’s Alliances

The week ahead in national security. Plus: America was ill-prepared to handle John Walker Lindh in 2001—and is still not quite ready today, and more.
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Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in sign a free-trade agreement on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in 2018. (Leah Millis / Reuters)

After World War II nearly destroyed the world as America knew—and liked—it, U.S. leaders worked to create a system of alliances with countries that supported an international order led by Washington. That system has always been fragile, but perhaps never

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