Eamonn Fingleton, the author of In the Jaws of the Dragon: America’s Fate in the Coming Era of Chinese Hegemony writes at The American Conservative that there is “no such thing as free trade.” Despite endless rounds of negotiations on trade, Japan’s car market it still stacked against American manufacturers. Fingleton explains how this has lead to […]
Is America Prepared for a Second Cold War with China?
Reflecting on President Trump’s recent trip to Asia, Pat Buchanan asks “Again, are we Americans up for a Second Cold War, and if so, why? And why is it America’s job, 12 time zones away, to make sure China tends to her own knitting?” Buchanan continues at The American Conservative: While China is a great […]
Why are American Taxpayers Paying to Defend Wealthy Allies?
The question of whether or not America should be spending more now on defense than it was during the height of the Cold War seems silly when asked, but then what explains America’s massive defense budget? A policy of providing security for wealthy nations that could secure themselves has left America spending more on defense […]
Neocons Won’t Accept that Iraq was a Massive Blunder
Daniel Larison writes at The American Conservative that, despite the overwhelming evidence that it has been a debacle, neocons will not admit that Iraq was a massive blunder. With all the reasons Americans initially supported the war debunked (think weapons of mass destruction) and no reasonable expectation of any outcome beneficial to the United States […]
Putin’s Clear Objectives have Won in Syria
In Syria, Geoffrey Aronson writes at The American Conservative, clear focus on achievable objectives has created victory for Vladimir Putin and his vassal, Bashar al-Assad. Rather than becoming caught in a never ending war, Putin laid out specific objectives and used rules of engagement necessary to achieve those objectives. A far cry from America’s counterinsurgency […]
Despite Hating Trump, Neocon Legislators Cede War Powers to the President
At The American Conservative, Finlay Lewis writes a broad profile on a group of legislators he calls “the Eight,” realists on Capitol Hill. These realists are pushing the idea that interventionism in foreign affairs has led to a bloody, wasteful legacy of failure for America and ought to be reined in. Led by Senator Rand […]
China Excels While Washington Holds Back America
Jon Basil Utley, a friend of mine from the Cato Institute and publisher of The American Conservative writes that, while China is building infrastructure connections to the world, America can’t even maintain the infrastructure systems it has. Thanks to Washington’s regulations, America is being slowly strangled by red tape. He writes (abridged): While Washington is […]
The Cost of America’s Forever War: So Far
A well known measure of the cost of America’s most recent wars in the Middle East is around $1.5 trillion. That’s true if you’re only interested in what the Department of Defense has spent, but that doesn’t actually measure the cost to Americans of prosecuting the war. To get a better measure of what the […]
Foreign Policy in the Age of Trump
The American Conservative has put together an outstanding panel of speakers to discuss foreign policy in the Trump era. There is special focus in the discussion on realism and restraint, relations with Russia, and the future of great power politics. Some of my favorite foreign policy analysts and friends including Chris Preble, Ted Galen Carpenter, […]
‘Complicated’ U.S. Relationship with Saudi Arabia Has Lead to Spread of Radical Islamic Thought
In The American Conservative, Daniel Lazare explains the complicated relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia and how that relationship has worked to foster the expansion of radical Islam across the Muslim world. He writes: Chatting with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in November 2016, Barack Obama mentioned […]
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