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How the West could topple the ayatollahs

August 10, 2021

The UK is in a unique position to unite the anti-Iran coalition around new expanded sanctions This article appeared in The Daily Telegraph on August 10, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton
 August 10, 2021 Boris Johnson is facing critical decisions on Iran. On July 30, an Iranian drone attacked the […]

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Defense Threats in Cyberspace

July 29, 2021

This article appeared in The National Review on July 29, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton July 29, 2021 Cybersecurity is now a commonplace, much discussed topic. Strategic adversaries (China and Russia), proliferators and state sponsors of terrorism (Iran and North Korea), terrorist networks, and criminal enterprises all threaten us. Pundits […]

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Lebanon and the Geography of Arab Change

July 29, 2021

By Dr. David Wurmser July 29, 2021 In a summer of brewing crises, from Havana through Caracas to Tehran (and other Iranian cities), Lebanon’s descent into crisis tends to be overlooked. And yet, it is part of a larger picture in which our greatest adversaries are on the ropes (Communists in Cuba and Venezuela, the […]

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Foreign Policy Returns to Normal, for Both Better and Worse

July 27, 2021

Republicans are suddenly tougher than Democrats on Russia and China. The Trump era is truly over. This article appeared in The Wall Street Journal on July 27, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton July 27, 2021 The politics of American foreign policy are reverting to their modern norms, illustrated by […]

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Of Biden, Trump, and alliances

July 15, 2021

This article appeared in The Washington Examiner on July 15, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton July 15, 2021 Washington’s current conventional wisdom on the utility and viability of America’s alliances is “Trump bad, Biden good.” The idea being: Former President Donald Trump harmed our partnerships, formal and informal alike; allies doubted […]

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Donald Rumsfeld Freed the World From ‘Mutual Assured Destruction’

July 01, 2021

His thinking on arms control proved prescient—but the howls reverberate to this day. This article appeared in Foreign Policy on July 1, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton July 1, 2021 Donald Rumsfeld’s remarkable record of public service encompassed critical periods of U.S. history. He began with what was already […]

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Biden should use Raisi election for Iran course change

June 24, 2021

This article appeared in The Washington Examiner on June 19, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton June 19, 2021 Iran’s hard-line mullahs left nothing to chance in Friday’s presidential election. The man they wanted to win, Ebrahim Raisi, did so handily against a carefully limited field of rivals. In 2017, Raisi […]

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Naive Biden is taking a huge risk going face to face with Putin

June 18, 2021

The US President’s incoherent strategy makes the forthcoming summit a worrying one for the West This article appeared in The Telegraph on June 13, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton June 13, 2021 Joe Biden’s first summit with Vladimir Putin this week comes relatively early in his new administration, so […]

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