Noah Rothman

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  • Oct 11, 2022
    Since at least early September, when Russian forces began to melt away from the positions they occupied in Eastern Ukraine under intense pressure from advancing Ukrainian forces, I...
  • Sep 26, 2022
    “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.” This precisely worded phrase, one to which Western governments regularly appeal, did not come about by accident. During the
  • Jul 13, 2022
    The shocking assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is horrific enough. The murder of any political figure, much less a nation’s longest-serving head of...
  • Apr 19, 2022
    But the war in Ukraine has surprised the experts. Few predicted that Russia would invade when it did, that it would fail as it has, and that Ukraine would endure as it has....
  • Mar 31, 2022
    An ominously familiar scene unfolded on Tuesday night in the Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak—one that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said was indicative of “a new...
  • Feb 23, 2022
    Russia’s three-month-long buildup of military forces along Ukraine’s borders culminated in a flurry of activity over the weekend that revealed the full scope of Vladimir...
  • Feb 16, 2022
    The anti-vaccine mandate protests in Canada have put Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government in a bind. He had taken a hands-off approach to the large-scale demonstrations,...
  • Jan 24, 2022
    As the prospect of a Russian move into Ukraine looks more and more imminent, how will American voters respond to that threat to the post-Cold War geopolitical order? Can the...
  • Jan 19, 2022
    If the Russians are bluffing, they’re good at it.