PoliticsCommentary
Agitators vs. Legislators: Same Team, Cross-Purposes
The crowning event at the Highland Games in Scotland is the tug-of-war. Eight brothers in arms square off against eight others across the line, gripping… Read More
InternationalCommentary
North Korea’s Bizarre Balloon Stratagem: Sending Trash, Feces to South Korea
Just when longtime North Korea watchers thought they had seen it all, Pyongyang managed to surprise them. The world has seemingly become inured to North Korea’s steadily escalating nuclear… Read More
InternationalCommentary
From Land Acknowledgements to Zombie Lies, Biden’s State Department Pushes Divisive Diplomacy
The House version of the State Department’s foreign operations appropriations bill calls for defunding the agency’s various special envoys, representatives, and coordinators unless expressly authorized… Read More
SecurityCommentary
House Republicans’ Diplomatic Spending Bill Prioritizes Indo-Pacific, With China in View
Democrats in Congress have adopted a simple if cynical strategy to continue growing the national debt: just threaten that any spending cuts will lead to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Pride Is 1st of 7 Deadly Sins. Arrogance in Pushing Sexual Politics Abroad Could Be 8th.
I learned over a two-decade diplomatic career serving on four continents that whatever the relative size and power of our countries, even our allies don’t… Read More
InternationalCommentary
US Partnership With Romania Is Strong, but Could Be More Practical
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited “stalwart NATO ally” Romania on Oct. 20 to discuss a range of key bilateral issues. Austin noted that the two nations… Read More
InternationalCommentary
US Isn’t Alone in Support of Taiwan
There has been an extraordinary amount of talk in policy circles recently about Taiwan and the U.S. commitment to Taiwan’s security—and for good reason. The… Read More
InternationalNews
Ukraine’s Leader Visits White House 2 Years After Trump Asks Him for Probe of Biden
President Joe Biden met Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, a central figure in the first impeachment of Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump. Biden and Zelenskyy… Read More
InternationalCommentary
America Must Stand Up for Fundamental Rights of Afghan Women
With the world watching in horror, the hasty withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan resulted in the Taliban’s near complete control over Afghanistan’s population of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Joe ‘Diplomacy Is Back’ Biden Takes Wrecking Ball to US-UK ‘Special Relationship’
“We will repair our alliances and engage with the world once again,” President Joe Biden pledged in his Jan. 20 inaugural address. He announced on Feb. 4:… Read More
