At The American Conservative, Pat Buchanan explains that the dust up between the Trump administration and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the G-7 summit is only the beginning of the war between nationalism and globalism. He writes “decisive battles between Trumpian nationalism and globalism remain ahead of us.” More from Pat (abridged): At the […]
Trump’s Leadership on North Korea
As “Never Trumpers” wring their hands and drop profanities at silly awards shows, President Trump works on a peaceful relationship with North Korea—something Obama and his red lines could never accomplish. The Wall Street Journal reports: Perhaps the most important outcome was to open a channel between Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim and set the […]
Former CIA Officer Blames Arab Money and the Clinton Admin for Failure to Kill bin Laden
The former head of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer, has taken to his blog, non-intervention.com, to hammer former CIA Director John Brennan, the Clinton administration, and the two-party elites. Scheuer believes that the promises of contracts with Arab governments to buy American military equipment could have played a role in the Clinton Administration’s […]
Don’t Bring Georgia into NATO
Daniel L. Davis, a senior fellow for Defense Priorities and a former lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, warns President Trump against bringing Georgia into NATO. At The National Interest, Davis makes the case against expansion of the security alliance to the Russian doorstep. He writes (abridged): Members of America’s foreign policy establishment are encouraging the White House […]
Poland Wants American Troops on the Ground
Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and a former special assistant to President Ronald Reagan, says President Trump should tell Poland and other European nations to provide for their own defense, rather than come calling on the U.S. to fight their battles for them. Bandow writes at The American Conservative (abridged): Before taking […]
Samuel P. Huntington: America’s Ambitions/Capabilities Gap
Patrick Porter, a professor of international security and strategy at the University of Birmingham, explains at the Cato Institute that America must, in the words of Samuel P. Huntington, “address the gap between ambitions and capabilities.” Porter writes: Deteriorating circumstances make it imperative for Washington to conduct a cold reassessment of its grand strategy. It […]
Putin’s Strong but Insignificant Run
Walter Russell Mead, writing in The Wall Street Journal, says that while Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy has flair, Russia remains weak, and its power limited. He writes (abridged): Vladimir Putin’s foreign-policy flair has both electrified and horrified the world for a full decade. Since 2008, Mr. Putin has partitioned Georgia, invaded Ukraine, and annexed Crimea. […]
War Is Hell
Fifteen years go, the iconoclastic global romantic and raconteur supreme, Taki Theodoracopulos was a co-founder of The American Conservative. I have followed Taki’s writings since. Today, Taki has moved on to focus on Taki’s Mag, but he remains as prolific a recounter as ever, and I try to catch each of his often eyebrow-raising, controversial […]
Henry Kissinger: Leaders Should “Recognize the Realities of Power Politics”
William Smith, writing at The American Conservative, explains to readers Henry Kissinger’s view of what is necessary for a balanced world; enlightened statesmen and restraint. Smith writes (abridged): Ironically, it may be the work of Henry Kissinger that can show realists an intellectual path toward restoring a sense of morality in foreign policy. For Kissinger, […]
Remembering the Fallen, and How They Got There
Four years ago, a guy who looks like he went from online gaming to Christian rock made a bad argument on the internet. It’s probably not even right to call it an argument–it was a series of related assertions made in sequence. The headline foreshadowed a few of them: “You don’t protect my freedom: Our […]
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