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 […]
Russia “A Long Way” From Matching Peer Competitors
At The National Interest, Richard Connolly and Mathieu Boulegue write that the economics and leadership disposition in Russia prevent it from truly competing with “better equipped peer competitors.” They write (abridged): While official rhetoric in relation to military modernization—and in particular to the development of new strategic-weapons systems—might appear alarming to some observers, a detailed […]
Trump Admin Holding off on China Tariffs, For Now
At Reason.com, Eric Boehm suggests that the deescalation of Chinese trade war talk by the Trump administration is a clear win for consumers and businesses. He writes (abridged): The Trump administration’s trade war with China is over—or at least it’s not starting just yet. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, during an appearance on Fox News Sunday, […]
Washington’s Best Strategy with North Korea
Harry Kazianis, director of defense studies at the Center for The National Interest, examines the possibilities that may emerge from the potential U.S./North Korea summit in Singapore. Kazianis believes there’s a deal to be had, and that using containment, the strategy that successfully defeated the Soviets, is a better track than using “regime change,” or “kinetic […]
Pompeo Can’t Afford His Own Version of the Iraq War
Writing at The National Interest, Curt Mills hints that because of his future plans for higher office, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is driven to make a good showing of his time at Foggy Bottom. Mills writes: The scuttled Trump administration ambassador to South Korea, Victor Cha, told a small crowd in Washington earlier this […]
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