Excerpt John Bolton’s new book describes President Trump alternately bashing and begging China’s leadership, all driven by shifting electoral considerations. If Bolton’s description is correct,...
A Plan for North Korea
The U.S. Navy’s Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) transited through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, entering the Persian Gulf following months of Iranian attacks in the area. The high-profile...
Qatar had advance knowledge on an Iranian attack on four commercial vessels in the Gulf of Oman in May and may have failed to warn its U.S., French and British allies, a western intelligence report alleges. The...
Trump’s ongoing bromance with Turkey’s authoritarian leader notwithstanding, Congress and the Administration must act to make clear that the United States isn’t giving Erdoğan a blank check to act in the Middle East.
The withdrawal from Syria is part of a broader pattern of weakness, especially in response to Iran.
President Trump missed a golden opportunity to mobilize nations around the world against the grave danger posed by Iran when he spoke to the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday. The president was...
China risks becoming a point of chronic contention between the United States and Israel.
In response to Tehran’s latest attack on Saudi Arabia and threats against the U.S.
Iran’s rulers threaten an American think tank — mine.
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World leaders paid their respects last week to Yukiya Amano, the late director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog responsible for monitoring implementation...
A world order based on sovereign nation-states is not the worst option.
When President Trump withdrew the United States from his predecessor's nuclear deal with Iran last May, he set in motion what he wanted to avoi...
Chancellor Merkel refuses to outlaw terrorist entity in Germany.
President Trump had tough words for the leaders of Iran on Friday, saying on “Fox & Friends” that they are responsible for...
In Europe, he defended a political order based on free and sovereign nation-states.
New negotiations could be Tehran’s only option.
We invite aggression if our enemies believe “America cannot do a damn thing”