Sentence:  And in a concluding chapter about America 's stance in the contemporary world , one senses certain misplacements of emphasis and a failure to <WSD>come</WSD> to grips with the baffling riddle of our time : How to deal with a wily and aggressive enemy without appeasement and without war . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  deal with (a problem or a subject)