Rolling blackouts have plagued Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, since February, and longer blackouts have been the norm more recently. The government and even Russia have blamed the blackouts on a cyber-attack by the United States, but the Wall Street Journal’s Ryan Dube reports that the problem has more to do with the brain drain happening at […]
Worldview: Robert Kagan, Often Wrong but Never in Doubt
Robert Kagan warns us about global authoritarianism: “Of all the geopolitical transformations confronting the liberal democratic world these days, the one for which we are least prepared is the ideological and strategic resurgence of authoritarianism.“ Larison’s take: We are not used to thinking of authoritarianism as a distinct worldview because it isn’t one. There is no one […]
America’s Grossly Exaggerated Security Relationships
Daniel Larison explains in detail that, despite near the near universal characterization of Israel as an ally of the United States by politicians and pundits, there is no such relationship. Larison writes at The American Conservative (abridged): There are few words in U.S. foreign policy debates used more frequently and with less precision than ally […]
Keep America Safe, Fire Pompeo and Bolton
After reading Pat Buchanan’s March 5 piece in The American Conservative “Mike Pompeo Threatens China With War,” I asked my friend Chris Preble, vice president for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute, for his thoughts on a defense agreement with the Philippines. Here’s what he had to say. RCY: Is a Philippine […]
Is a Philippine Ship Worth a War with China?
Writing at The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan details the startling recent remarks of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Philippines. The Secretary told the Filipinos, “any armed attack on Philippine forces, aircraft or public vessels in the South China Sea will trigger mutual defense obligations under article 4 of our mutual defense treaty.” The […]
Uncle Sam Replaces Russian Gas in Poland
As a NATO ally and a nation formerly oppressed by the Soviet Union, Poland is working hard to end its reliance on Russian natural gas supplies. Poland has built out its liquefied natural gas infrastructure to enable it to import gas via the sea from places like the United States, Norway, and Qatar. The move […]
“Trump is a Peace President” – The American Conservative
Daniel McCarthy explains at The American Conservative that President Trump, on balance, is a peace president, but that he can’t do it alone. Trump, McCarthy says, needs a coterie of realists and skeptics who will shun the rush to war that seems to be unquestioned by nearly all in Congress and the pundit class today. […]
Will Trump Reject the Neocon Case for Involvement in Iraq?
Cato Institute Senior Fellow, Doug Bandow, notes President Trump’s great achievements in avoiding what he calls “Full Neocon” foreign policy by beginning the exit process for American forces in Syria and Afghanistan. Bandow goes on to suggest that Trump should consider exiting Iraq too. He writes at The American Conservative (abridged): The driving force behind […]
Trump Must Fight to Exit Syria
At The Federalist, Daniel DePetris explains that “the usual suspects,” and the “national security blob,” are fighting the attempt by President Trump to exit Syria. DePetris writes that further involvement in Syria is “unnecessary, costly, and dangerous for the United States since it prevents us from focusing on higher priorities.” He writes (abridged): At the […]
Donald Trump Sides with The Realists and Restrainers
At The American Conservative, foreign policy analyst, Daniel R. DePetris, explains the negative effects of unending wars in far away places, and the insanity of continuing them. He writes (abridged): The byproducts of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya, and all the rest have often been weapons proliferation and terrorism rather than the […]
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