In India, the already entrenched and active French lobby in Delhi will likely use this to try drive a wedge between the US and India (something they already work on) in part to protect/promote their sales. The catastrophic US withdrawal from Afghanistan may also be used as an example of US ‘unreliability.’
‘Amrullah Saleh needs support immediately. The US isn’t going to provide that aid. Washington’s primary concern is evacuation of personnel, and it will not risk antagonizing the Taliban.’
Jewish power in America? When Sapir approached me to contribute an essay to this issue, my first instinct was to decline. I was born in South Africa and raised and educated in Canada. I became a U.S. citizen...
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If CRT is correct, is America worth defending?
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Apple last month released its new App Tracking Transparency feature, which seeks to help users prevent apps from tracking, capturing, or selling their digital activity to third-party data brokers. Stopping...
The Taliban promoted two conspiracy theories related to Al Qaeda founder and its first emir, Osama bin Laden. The Taliban denied he was responsible for the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the U.S. and questioned...
When outside real estate money moved into Cleveland in a big way starting in 2008, locals were upbeat. Investors were betting on the “upside of a Midwestern city” that had been passed by, The Plain...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday that the United States will seek membership at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in January 2022 as part of the Biden administration’s...
Former Iranian ambassador-turned-academic defended violent Palestinian intifada in 1989
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Despots now call the shots at the U.N. and other international organizations
The Human Rights Establishment wants him out of the marketplace of ideas
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The industrial heartlands of the U.S. and its European allies have become crucibles for the polarizing politics of neo-populism for a population left behind in the information age. Anxious and angry citizenry,...
Explaining the CCP’s “Fox Hunt” program.
The Trump Administration has elevated the promotion of international religious freedom to a major component of U.S. foreign policy. President Donald Trump issued an executive order devoting additional...