The clean energy revolution that didn’t happen
Cast your mind back to September 6, 2019, when presidential candidate Joe Biden, campaigning in New Hampshire, took the hand of a 24-year-old activist. “Kiddo,” he said, “look in my eyes. I...
John Kerry
Border security is national security
That used to be common knowledge
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Assad’s Syria manipulated the region, will the new Syria do the same?
The question now is whether the new Syrian government will seek to try to play countries against each other or work to be a unifying and stabilizing force in the region
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America held hostage
Rewarding thugs is not an adequate policy response
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No better enemy
America empowers its adversaries
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Why Kerry got the cold shoulder in Beijing
Xi Jinping doesn’t see global warming as a crisis
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Losing Latin America
The U.S. retreats while China’s Communist rulers advance
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Why bilateralism is key to any Saudi-Israeli agreement
Ahead of his victory in Israel’s election in November, Benjamin Netanyahu had been telegraphing loudly that his top priority is to pursue a peace accord with Saudi Arabia. As he put the finishing touches...
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Americans are climate criminals and must pay
That’s the indictment handed up by COP27
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The president’s speech
The one he should give (but don’t hold your breath)
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The Israeli Moment
If anyone is going to derail the Islamic Republic’s regional ambitions, Israel is really the only local counterweight that counts.
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Biden, like Obama, talks tough but does little about Putin’s war crimes
Will President Joe Biden’s cri de coeur “Putin is a war criminal” become former President Barack Obama’s “Assad must go?” Lofty words; noble intentions, for sure. But Obama came and went....
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Team Biden Runs the Syria Playbook on Ukraine
The administration’s horror over Putin’s war is not merely performative, but functional—in the service of realigning with Iran
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Lifting Human Rights Sanctions on Iran Would Be a Mistake
Lifting pressure on human rights abusers is not necessary to negotiate effective arms control agreements.
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Russia, Ukraine, and the West’s grand delusion
Freedom must be defended or surrendered – there’s no third option
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The new conquistadores
U.S. adversaries are becoming South American hegemons
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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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How China Is Trying to Turn the U.S. against Itself
Across the country, Beijing has worked to cultivate relationships with state and local governments and private businesses in an effort to advance its agenda.
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Twenty 9/11 anniversaries
The sleeping giant nods off again
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Biden Needs an Effective—and Coercive— Iran Strategy
The Biden administration seems to be on the wrong track. No strategy against the Islamic Republic of Iran can be effective without sustained coercive pressure. Going back in time, the situation is reminiscent...