When did the US lose Afghanistan?
August 15, 2021, was the day Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, and the US lost the war. Or was it? After following the war for over two decades, it’s become clear that Afghanistan wasn’t lost in...
Richard Nixon
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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Pelosi’s promise
Showing up in Taiwan is not enough
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Biden’s China Policy Could Benefit From Reflecting on Nixon’s Historic Beijing Visit
Nixon’s trip to China 50 years ago is known as “the week that changed the world.” If Biden wants to improve his political fortunes he would do well to learn from it.
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Amnesty spreads the virus of antisemitism
It defames, demonizes, and attempts to delegitimize the Jewish state
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Don’t Let China Weaponize the 2022 Winter Olympics
While a full boycott would unfairly punish American athletes, there are other measures Washington should take.
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Biden-Xi Summit Only Highlights Fundamental Differences Between U.S. and China
Xi’s buzzwords that mimic progressive rhetoric can’t hide the country’s totalitarian intolerance of any speech the CCP deems unacceptable.
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Making sense of German electorate’s shift to the Left
Israel should not be under any delusion that the Social Democratic Party has its back. If anything, the slide to the Left, as it is being called in Germany, has serious implications for the Jewish state.
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Why the Coming Iranian Elections Will Challenge the Biden Administration
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei seems inclined to promote a candidate who will quash dissent over someone who could work with the West.
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How the National Cyber Director Position Is Going to Work: Frequently Asked Questions
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal 2021 created the Office of the National Cyber Director within the Executive Office of the President. The office will be headed by the United States’s...
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Are there pieces of Trump’s foreign policy worth keeping?
The shock of the Jan. 6 mob assault on the Congress and the stain on the image of American democracy will not wear off anytime soon. This moment has amplified the impulse to reject the vestiges of Trump...
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Reading foreign policy tea leaves
Actually, we can’t predict what presidential advisors will advise
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China’s Military Has Global Ambitions
A new DoD report to Congress shows how the CCP sees the U.S. as its primary foe. Plus, why we should be concerned about China and Russia working together.
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Countering China Is for the BIRDs
In 1950, as Cold War tensions were on the rise, President Harry Truman asked allies to stand and be counted. Israel reflexively stepped up and backed the president who bravely supported the creation of...
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Henry Kissinger’s Illusory World Order
He writes about how coronavirus will change the world without even mentioning China.
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Making sure foreign enemies fear the United States military
Strategies must cover conventional, asymmetrical or any types of 'stupid' attacks
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Breaking China
With American help, the Communist regime has grown richer and more oppressive
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Democratic Frontrunners Are Wrong About Aid for Israel
Putting America’s annual $3.8 billion of military assistance to Israel on the chopping block makes for good politics. But it makes no sense for U.S. national security.
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Trump’s Syria pullout, aiding Russia and Turkey, is when America stopped leading the world
Since the end of WWII, every other president understood that U.S. power and wealth can only be sustained by assuming great responsibility.
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Some ‘Modernizer’
Is Saudi Arabia’s crown prince joining a long line of absolutist rulers in the Middle East?