Swiss miss
Biden blew a chance for a win in his meeting with Putin
Winston Churchill
What’s wrong with appeasement?
Only the fact that concessions don’t actually conciliate despots
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“Endless Wars” and the Danger of Ignoring History
Study war some more
World War II and the Cold War carry useful lessons
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Far-right German leader: Victory over Nazis ‘day of absolute defeat’
Gauland delivered his comment ahead of the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe started by Nazi Germany.
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Campaign launched to save Lawrence of Arabia’s childhood home in Oxford
"The city of Oxford will certainly benefit from the renovated house of one of its celebrated sons.”
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The benefits of strategic communications and warfare
Trump’s State of the Union was a personal best but with one Obamanian slip.
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Lawrence of Arabia may have been murdered by British secret service, new film suggests
A controversial new biopic about T.E. Lawrence suggests British secret service may have murdered the famous desert warrior. The British army officer and...
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Churchill and the Destiny of the West
Episode 25
Foreign Podicy
The China syndrome
Pollsters at the Pew Resear...
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The Tragedy of Mahmoud Abbas
Picture a Palestinian leader in the twilight of his reign. Besieged on all sides and challenged by younger upstarts, he lashes out against Israel, his Arab bret...
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The battle for the lands of the caliphate
Soon after taking office, President Trump ordered his national security advisers to provide “a complete strategi...
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What Does Today’s German Election Mean For Israel?
The German federal election on Sunday has tremendous significance for Israel, largely because the Federal Republic is one of Israel’s most important allies within the European Union....
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The “ideals of 1776”
Andrew Roberts, one of the world’s great historians, took America to task last week. Let me rephrase that: He took Americans to task for what they — or rather we — are doing to...
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The Chilcot Report
The Chilcot report on the Iraq war ought to elicit two emotions: sympathy and pity for former British prime minister Tony Blair. As was evident by late 2002, when Europeans saw the fri...
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Chamberlain, Washington-Style
It’s not hard to see why the discussion of Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes’ exchanges with the New York Times Magazine’s David Samuels has received so much attention...
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Victory Without Soldiers?
With the war in Syria becoming ever more complex and murderous, it’s worthwhile to revisit a guiding principle of Barack Obama: The use of American military power is likely to do more harm...
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The New Axis of Evil
Do you remember the Axis of Evil? It was one of the major themes of President George W. Bush’s State of the Union speech in 2002, 4 months after the 9/11 terrorist attack on the Unite...
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The Deadly Peril in Appeasement
“Appeasement” gets a bad rap but, strictly speaking, the word implies nothing more than an attempt to make peace. If aggrieved adversaries can be pacified by reasonable concessions, w...
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Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Chuck Schumer a Letter
Or may I call you “Chuck”? About 30 years ago when I first met you, you were an informal kind of guy. You had recently been elected to the House from a district in Brooklyn and Queens...