Donald Trump’s election as President guarantees that America’s Middle East policy will change. The real question, though, and a major early test for Trump, is whether it will change enough. Does he understand that the region’s geopolitics differ dramatically from when he left office, and could change even more before Inauguration Day? The early signs […]
The threat of North Korea fighting alongside Russia in Ukraine is no longer a nightmare, but a real possibility. Two weeks ago, Kyiv said Pyongyang’s soldiers were already in Ukraine and had sustained casualties. Now the Biden administration has confirmed that 10,000 North Korean troops are training in Russia, adding that they will be “fair […]
Jerusalem’s bold strike at the heart of terror should bring shame to Western states still in thrall to false peace Hassan Nasrullah, Hezbollah’s Secretary General, died on Friday, courtesy of an Israeli air strike. Iran’s “Ring of Fire” strategy, unfolding militarily against Israel across the Middle East since last October 7, has suffered a major setback. […]
When I became President Trump’s national security adviser in 2018, I assumed the gravity of his responsibilities would discipline even him. I was wrong. His erratic approach to governance and his dangerous ideas gravely threaten American security. Republican primary voters should take note.
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, Moldova’s much larger neighbor, has overshadowed the dangerous reality that Moldova itself is also a battlefield between Russia and the West for dominance in the territory of the former Soviet Union. And while Moldova is small (population of about 3.25 million), its politics are just as complex as other independent states once part of the USSR.
This is a decisive year for Ukraine, and whether the West can show Russia, China and Iran the strength of its resolve By Ambassador John Bolton This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph on January 3rd, 2023. Click Here to read the original article. President Volodomyr Zelensky’s December 21 Washington address to both houses of […]
If the Trump Admin wants to rid the military of woke policies, it‘s perfectly entitled to do that. The best way to do that is to tell military and civilian officials in the Defense Department that there‘s a new sheriff in town, the policy‘s changed and they better get with the…
The U.K. had no good reason to cede the Chagos Islands, a militarily strategic archipelago, to Mauritius. By John Bolton As a one-term president, Joe Biden appears eager to take actions he might not have taken if he had to worry about getting re-elected. The latest example: He apparently pushed the U.K. to cede sovereignty of the Chagos […]
As a one-term president, Joe Biden appears eager to take actions he might not have taken if he had to worry about getting re-elected. The latest example: He apparently pushed the U.K. to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean to the island country of Mauritius. The Chagos archipelago is unremarkable but for one […]
One year after Hamas launched Iran’s “Ring of Fire” strategy with a barbaric attack against Israeli civilians, the Middle East has changed significantly. Now, the world awaits Jerusalem’s response to Tehran’s ballistic-missile attack last week, the largest such attack in history. It was the current war’s second military assault directly from Iranian territory against Israel, […]
October 7, 2023, is truly “a day which will live in infamy,” to borrow Franklin Roosevelt’smemorable description of Japan’s December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor. But what Hamas did to innocent Israeli civilians on October 7 and thereafter is the moreinfamous for its outright barbarity, savagery committed with malice aforethought, thevery definition of terrorism.Stunningly, however, and sadly, […]
Divining the future of European-American relations is particularly difficult when so many Western nations face contentious, rapidly changing domestic politics. In America, the one certainty is that there will be a new president on January 20, 2025, although we cannot confidently predict who. Since neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris have clear national security views, […]
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