SecurityCommentary
Trump’s Stellar Pick for National Security Adviser
Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is a perfect fit for the position of national security adviser, and it is no surprise that his selection by… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What’s Wrong in Our Arms Treaty With Russia
Some media outlets reported last week that President Donald Trump called the Obama administration’s New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or New START, with Russia a… Read More
InternationalNews
9 Issues Discussed at Rex Tillerson’s Confirmation Hearing to Be Trump’s Secretary of State
At his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state pick Rex Tillerson took harsh questioning from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
What John Bolton’s Critics Get Wrong
Former Ambassador John Bolton is right about a lot of things, not the least of which is that the world is a dangerous place and… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump-Tsai Phone Call a Good Start to Reforming US-Taiwan Relations
The transition team has announced that President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone with the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen Friday. Not only is there nothing wrong with… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Obama’s 7 Biggest Foreign Policy Mistakes
How will history judge the national security and foreign policy of President Barack Obama? From the Iran deal to the Russian reset, the world is… Read More
SecurityCommentary
US Security Benefits When Japan, South Korea Share Intelligence
South Korea recently announced it would restart negotiations with Japan for a military and intelligence sharing agreement. Washington should encourage this growing security cooperation. Moon… Read More
InternationalNews
Cuban Dictatorship Governed More Severely During 2 Years of US Engagement
In the waning months of his presidency, President Barack Obama issued a directive he called “irreversible,” expanding transactions related to Cuban pharmaceuticals, increasing transportation, and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Coast Guard Plots Long-Term Strategy for Increasingly Important Arctic
The inhospitable Arctic could become a major area of contention between world powers in the coming decades. As new passages open it, it is up… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why the United States Must Continue to Embrace NATO to Answer Aggressive Russia
Sixty-seven years ago yesterday, the U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty, creating NATO. Ravaged by two world wars, and faced with the very real… Read More
