The legacy of President Trump 2.0
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John F. Kennedy
The Russian Art of Mudslinging and Conspiracy-mongering
Whenever a world leader dies, either by sinister or natural causes, you can be sure Moscow will warp the narrative to sow, if not panic, then at least cynicism and doubt.
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Attack TikTok
Cut its Chinese Communist ties
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The Dangers of a Rearmed Europe
NATO kept its promise to keep ‘the Germans down.’ The U.S. shouldn’t assume that success is permanent.
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COFA and the politics of delay
Tony Zielinski is a regular American citizen, who was enjoying his life in Florida. Then he read about the problems with the renewals of key elements of the Compacts of Free Association with Palau, the...
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Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran may be on an accelerated schedule for revolutionary decay, at least if compared to the USSR.
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How Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Gambit Backfired
Beijing’s shock-and-awe military response has created a new normal in East Asia.
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Right to vote being snatched from Solomon Islanders by PRC-backed PM
Sogavare has introduced a Bill to postpone elections. Reaction on the ground is seething. Likely Sogavare and his backers in Beijing don’t mind violence so they can activate the China security deal.
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China moves frontline to Solomons, locals fight back
Alexandria, VA: This is Beijing’s “Oh yeah? So what are you gonna do about it?” moment. With the confirmation of a security agreement between China and Solomon Islands—a country approximately 1200...
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Beijing’s strategy for Cold War II
Enlisting U.S. governors and mayors is a clever component
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Japan, India, Quad can play big role in Micronesia: Dr Hayakawa
‘Japan and US have had a relationship with the Micronesian region for over 100 years. Australia has also been providing patrol boats for the past nearly 30 years. India has just begun. It will be important to build a relationship first.’
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From India’s Himalayan Border to Our Local Cell Networks, It’s Time to Push Back Against China
High in the Himalayan mountains, Chinese soldiers ambushed Indian troops this week, resulting in a brutal battle on the Indian side of their shared border. Twenty Indians were killed, while China won’t...
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Voices of America
Obama holdovers run U.S. global media, and they’re not giving it up
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Some ‘Modernizer’
Is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince joining a long line of absolutist rulers in the Middle East?
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NATO’s Two Percent and Burden Sharing
The debate over burden sharing within NATO is about as old as the alliance itself. However, rarely has the debate spilled into public discourse as acrimoniously as it did at the most recent NATO summi...
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The Worst Thing for Iran’s Protesters? U.S. Silence
We are now six days into the Iran protests, and the questions that seized Washington during the 2009 pro-...
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What Happened in Hamburg
The president-elect’s narrow victory at the end of a volatile campaign quickly led to efforts at planning a meeting of the American and Russian leaders. Relations between the two countries...
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End of the West?
Should the United States militarily defeat jihadist outfits in the Middle East? After 9/11 the answer seemed easy, but after the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Barack Obama is not alone in arguing...
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Why Obama Is Wrong to Compare Himself to JFK
Speaking at American University today in defense of his nuclear deal with Iran, President Obama twice invoked President John F. Kennedy. To paraphrase Lloyd Bentsen, while we did not serve with J...
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Obama’s Plan for Iran
Iran’s rulers brutalize their own citizens, sponsor terrorism on several continents, and openly vow “Death to America!” They are determined to acquire the ability to develop nuc...