Truth or consequences
The Saudi crown prince has some legitimate grievances
Franklin D. Roosevelt
We Must Bring About A Free And Unified Korea
Good morning. I would like to thank all the organizers, sponsors, contributors, and participants in this great event and for the opportunity to be among such distinguished speakers and leaders. Dr. Hyun-jin...
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Half baked
Climate change is not a national security emergency
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Is Chinese pressure making Solomon Islands stall Indian envoy’s visit?
Alexandria, VA: India makes China nervous in ways none of the other Quad countries do. So it’s not surprising that, according to sources, the Solomon Islands government is stalling the entry of the Indian...
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‘It’s time for an Indo-Pacific charter’
Common cause, common challenge, common values, common charter: Paul Giarra
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Syria’s challenge to Tony Blinken’s conscience
Excerpt The Nazi massacre at Babyn Yar claimed the lives of 33,771 Ukrainian Jews in September 1941. To mark the 80th anniversary of the massacre, Secretary of State Antony Blinken meditated on the...
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Gaslighting Nations—Erdogan Makes a Mockery of U.N. General Assembly—Again
The term “United Nations,” which U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined in 1942, reflected a commitment, articulated in the Declaration of United Nations, to “defend life, liberty,...
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Twenty 9/11 anniversaries
The sleeping giant nods off again
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Atlantic Charter credibility crumbles; can an Indo-Pacific Charter give hope?
Given how quickly the strategic situation is changing, it’s worth taking a look back at the original Charter to see what is at risk—and what can still be done to protect its central tenets.
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Retain American Power, Do Not Restrain It
The call for the United States to show “restraint” by withdrawing from foreign entanglements and keeping the focus at home is growing in foreign-policy circles – and not just in the Trump administration....
The Dangerous Illusion of Restraining U.S. Power
Isolationists among both Democrats and Republicans want to withdraw from foreign entanglements. That would make the world much less safe.
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It’s time for a third special operations revolution
The Senate Armed Service Committee report on the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) expresses the committee’s persistent concern with U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) and the need for...
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Study war some more
World War II and the Cold War carry useful lessons
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Trump’s brand of nationalism
In Europe, he defended a political order based on free and sovereign nation-states.
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Trump’s first 100 days
It’s apparent that Donald Trump was — to employ a neologism coined by President George W. Bush 16 years ago...
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Curb your socialism
Groucho Marx famously said he wouldn’t join any club that would have him as a member. Bernie Sanders last week turned that on its head, saying he wouldn’t remain a member of...
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Nobody Knows Anything About Fascism
As I wrote in this space a few weeks ago, Donald Trump is no fascist, but there...
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Trump’s Secret? Religion
I’ve just finished correcting the first set of galleys from St. Martin’s Press for The Field of Fight, the soon-to-be-released book I had the pleasure of co-authoring with Lt. General...
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Divided We Fall?
“Divide and conquer” describes an age-old military concept: If your enemies are fighting among themselves, they can’t effectively battle you. Phillip II of Macedon, Julius Caesa...
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Memo to Presidential Campaign Advisers
This memorandum is addressed to the brave souls advising presidential candidates. As you know, the recent terrorist attacks in France – and in Mali, Nigeria, Cameroon, Egypt, Lebanon, Turke...