By Ambassador John Bolton This article was first published on October 4th, 2022, in 19fortyfive. Click Here to read the original. “For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” President Biden said of Vladimir Putin in March, a month after Russia’s second unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, in remarks the Washington Post called “the most […]
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By Ambassador John Bolton Taiwan may be Asia’s most imminent flashpoint, but the threats facing South Korea are no less perilous. North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic-missile programs continue advancing amid constant rumors of another nuclear test, which would be North Korea’s seventh. Particularly significant for South Korea’s emerging strategy in response is the growing realization […]
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This article first appeared in the Washington Post on September 12th, 2022. Click here to read the original article. John R. Bolton served as national security adviser under President Donald Trump and is the author of “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.” Few areas of the world seem more distant from the […]
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By Ambassador John Bolton This article was first published in The Hill on September 12th, 2022. Click Here to read the original article. As the reality of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing sinks in, and international mourning continues, Britain’s unmatched flair for dignified pageantry is affirming the continuity and stability of the nation and its sovereignty. […]
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By Ambassador John Bolton This article first appeared in The Telegraph on September 9th, 2022. Click Here to read the original article. Queen Elizabeth’s seventy-year reign makes her the only British monarch almost all American citizens (not to mention the entire world) have ever known. For audiences over here, the coming memorials will rival the […]
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By Ambassador John Bolton This article first appeared in the Wall Street Journal on September 6th, 2022. Click Here to read the original article. When there’s a leadership vacuum in Washington, a resolute Britain is crucial to Western interests. Frissons of disapproval shook the State Department last year when British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss first met Secretary […]
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By Ambassador John Bolton This article first appeared in the Washington Examiner on August 22nd, 2022. Click Here to read the original article The Justice Department’s decision to execute a search warrant of Mar a Lago has ignited a two-front war, legal and political. Legally, a Federal magistrate authorized a search based on an FBI […]
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This article first appeared in The Telegraph on August 12th, 2022. Click here to read the original article. Be prepared for Russia to halt hostilities and exploit European weakness in a brazen attempt to secure many of its objectives Russia’s failure to capture Kyiv shortly after its February 24 invasion, kill or overthrow Volodymyr Zelensky, and seize […]
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By Ambassador John Bolton This article first appeared in the Washington Post, on August 15th 2022. Click here to view the original article John R. Bolton served as national security adviser under President Donald Trump and is the author of “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.” It has been somewhat surreal over […]
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By Ambassador John Bolton This article first appeared in 19 Forty-Five. Click Here to see the original article. The wrong countries, notably Russia and China, are learning dangerous lessons about President Biden’s lack of international political resolve. Both substantively and in diplomatic tradecraft, his Administration is hesitant, submissive, and erratic. On issues as diverse as prisoner swaps with […]
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