The Surprising National Security Role of America’s “Best Idea”
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former bodyguard, who once reportedly confronted a bear at a mountain retreat while Putin slept through the ordeal, was appointed secretary of the...
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Would Trump re-establish peace through strength?
As should be clear by now, the alternative is war through weakness
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Ukraine Can Win — Here’s How
Ten years into Russia’s long war against Ukraine, far too many Americans are falling prey to a destructive idea. They needlessly believe that Ukraine’s defeat is unavoidable. These Americans have lost...
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Renewing NATO
Peace requires deterrence which requires military might
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Will the Republican’s Tilt Toward Isolationism End?
Asked “which is the more hawkish party,” anyone remembering the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George Bush would immediately answer “the Republicans.”...
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Foreign Disinformation: What the US Government Can Start Doing Now
The Kremlin is engaged in a “global influence campaign to destabilize sovereign countries,” including the United States, the U.S. Treasury Department reaffirmed, as it slapped sanctions on four Ukrainians...
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Preserving the Warrior Ethos
It is corroded, and the necessary restorative work belongs to us all
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Every Kingdom Divided Against Itself is Brought to Desolation
Excerpt “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand.” – Matthew 12:25 Democracy is a delicate machine composed...
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Great Power Competition Comes Home to America
Our leaders’ efforts to heal divisions among our fellow citizens are key to national defense.
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Replacing patriotism with tribalism
Just after last week’s terrorist attack in Barcelona, a pro-Islamic State website posted video from the scene along with a message in Arabic saying, “Terror is filling the hearts of t...
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Cause and Effect in the Middle East
JERUSALEM - “The Palestinian Rothschild” is just one of Munib al-Masri’s colorful nicknames. A longtime advisor to Yasser Arafat, the late Palestinian leader, he is today an 8...
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Negotiating with Ourselves
Analyzing the Islamic Republic isn’t a guessing game—at least it shouldn’t be. Iranian Islamists’ words and deeds are pretty consistent. Memoirs, speeches, and biographies...
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Dark Past Haunts Czech Election
It’s not often that a 70-year-old political dispute plays a role in a contemporary political campaign. But that’s precisely what is happening in the race for president of the Czech Re...
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The Mirage of the Arab Spring
We Americans are nice people. We don’t like to see anyone living under tyranny. So when protests broke out against the authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt, most of us were supportive...
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It’s Not the Arab Spring, It’s the Nahda
And it’s about “subjugating people” and “the Islamization of life.”
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Long, Hot Arab Summer
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Commentary on the Arab Spring is much like the famous parable of the blind men learning about an elephant by touching it: Most observers glimpse...
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The Next President
I don’t have a candidate yet, but I do have some traditional requirements. Most of the time, we elect either state governors or generals who have won wars. There are good...
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9/11 Plotters Are Araigned
. . . and, finally, the commissions may prove their worth.
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End the Stealth Government
"FISA reform" must mean less FISA Court.
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The Wave Continues
It is still striking, two months into the Great Arab Rebellion, how timorously many Westerners greet the region-wide uprising. Recognizing that democratic aspirations may be only a small factor i...