Three Killed by Houthis in Gulf of Aden
Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen killed three sailors on March 6 after a missile launched by the group hit a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden. According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),...
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After COVID-19, It’s Time for Washington to Embrace a Bolder Taiwan Strategy
The time has come for a rethink of U.S. Taiwan policy.
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China versus the world
While America staggers from coronavirus lockdown to riot curfew, China is pushing out at sea, on its borders, in its legal claims, and in the global economy. America and its allies have begun to realize...
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Understanding China’s Latest Move Against Hong Kong
The CCP is using the threat of a foreign bogeyman to encroach on residents' freedoms.
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Dangerous Waters: Responding to China’s Maritime Provocations in the South China Sea
Americans have learned, sometimes painfully, that what happens in seemingly obscure corners of the world can hurt them at home. Consequently, Americans dismiss Chinese activities in the South China Sea at their own peril.
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Saving Christians From ISIS Persecution
In 1975, as desperate Vietnamese sought to escape Communist rule, the U.S. embarked on what remains one of the greatest humanitarian rescue missions in history. Over the span of several weeks, Op...
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CIA Bides its Time
The CIA’s Directorate of Operations doesn’t have an acute memory. But it does have durable institutional sentiments. So here’s a guess: In a few years, few operatives in the cla...
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In Defense of Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Afshin Ellian
Paul Berman's book, The Flight of the Intellectuals, which was neglected or dismissed by many in the liberal press without its reviewers seriously engaging with its arguments, deals es...
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Review: Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu that Led America into the Vietnam War
Morgan brings to the writing of his history an unusual combination of French roots and both military and journalistic experience [which imbue] his work with a granularity absent from the usual an...
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Conservative Columnist
Next week, President George W. Bush will welcome Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet to the White House, the first Vietnamese head of state to be received there since Nguyen Van Thieu of South...
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The Blind Sheik’s Mistress
Legal ethics rules in all fifty states absolutely prevent lawyers from assisting their clients in the commission of criminal acts. Confidentiality and lawyer-client privilege rules have, everywhe...
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What’s ‘Illegal’? Kofi Annan Helped Saddam Hussein Steal Food From Babies
When U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan opined last week to the BBC that the U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein had been "illegal," two words came instantly to my mind: baby food. No, I...
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Is Iraq Like Vietnam?
Whether Iraq will be the next Vietnam may be very interesting, especially to those still basking in the I-told-you-so glow of Saigon's fall. But taking into account that this is 2003, here&#...