Biden’s bonkers balloon bumbling: This national- security expert has MAJOR questions
February 12, 2023The Biden administration dangerously mishandled China’s now-famous, first recent high-flying “object” over America.
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The Fighter
February 06, 2023John Bolton was once the enfant terrible of the Republican Party. Is he now its conscience? This article was first published in Foreign Policy on February 6th, 2023. Click Here to read the original article. John Bolton is worried about a virus but probably not the one you’re thinking of. The former U.S. national security […]
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Germany must decide whether it is a ‘normal nation’
February 01, 2023Germany’s very public agonizing over whether to provide its Leopard II tanks to Ukraine (or allow other states that had purchased Leopard II’s to send theirs) graphically exposed Berlin’s continued confusion about its status as a NATO member. Just days after his tank decision, Chancellor Olaf Scholz is already warning against a “competition” to supply Ukraine with needed […]
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Is Washington’s arms control theology finally on the verge of collapse?
February 01, 2023Three freshly installed Republican House chairmen of key national security committees are raising potentially fatal issues for the New START arms-control treaty between the U.S. and Russia. In letters to Biden Cabinet officials, the chairmen ask whether Russia is in material breach of the agreement. Along with the administration’s failing, misguided effort to rejoin the flawed 2015 Iran nuclear deal, […]
READ MORE.Bolton says Trump’s 2024 campaign is “poison” for GOP and “will continue to go downhill”
January 27, 2023Former national security adviser John Bolton told CBS News he is seriously considering a 2024 presidential bid and said that former President Donald Trump is a threat to U.S. national security who acted “very erratic” and “was not impressed by the gravity and the importance of the national security decisions he had to make.” Trump’s […]
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America remains irreplaceable
January 26, 2023The greatest threats to the world come from China and Russia. Only the U.S. guarantees global order and security. This article was first published in Weltwoche, on January 26th, 2023. Click Here to read the original article. Henry Luce, publisher of Time magazine, coined the term “American Century” in 1941, almost nine months before Japan […]
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When Blinken goes to China, he should call its bluff on North Korea
January 25, 2023This article was first published in The Washington Post, on January 25th, 2023. 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.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Beijing […]
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NATO’s Electoral Message for Erdoğan
January 17, 2023The alliance ought to put Ankara’s membership on the chopping block if the Turkish president meddles in the upcoming contests. This article was first published in the Wall Street Journal on January 16th, 2023. Click Here to read the original article. With Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the helm, Turkey is again “the sick man of Europe,” albeit […]
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This week’s critical moment for Biden to act on China’s threat
January 08, 2023Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida comes to Washington this week for a potentially critical summit with President Joe Biden — particularly on China, which Tokyo now publicly recognizes as its principal threat. Just weeks ago, Kishida announced a historical “turning point” in Tokyo’s security policy, vowing to double its defense budget in the next five […]
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Containing Isolationism
January 06, 2023By Ambassador John Bolton This article was first published in the National Review, on January 5th, 2022. Click Here to read the original article. Among the many unwelcome legacies of Donald Trump’s random walk through foreign and defense policy during his presidency, the resurgence of isolationism and know-nothingism in the Republican Party is among the most […]
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