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Why the U.S. Should Rethink Its Arms Transfer to Israel November 16, 2024

Following retaliatory strikes on Iran, Israel has entered a new phase of escalation, marking a direct confrontation with Teheran. The intensifying situation not only risks further destabilizing the region, but also forces the U.S. to become increasi...

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Biden’s Escalation Paralysis Has Devastated Ukraine November 14, 2024

Bob Woodward’s new book “War” provides a harrowing glimpse into the Biden administration’s national security decision-making process. Established early in the war, the White House created its own self-fulfilling prophecy. ...

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Russia Supporting Houthi Rebels Is Diplomatic Suicide November 05, 2024

On Dec. 8, 2022, Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout had his 25-year prison sentence cut short by the Biden administration to secure the release of American basketball player Brittney Griner from a Mordovian penal colony on trumped-up drug possession...

Fighting the Houthis Is a Waste. That’s the Point November 02, 2024

In a major escalation, the United States hit Houthi targets in Yemen this month with B-2 stealth bombers, perhaps the most sophisticated and expensive platform in the U.S. arsenal. The Air Force only has 19 such bombers and hasn’t used them in combat...

President Biden Must Not Encourage Illegal Mass Migration From Haiti April 18, 2024

“It’s better to be the United States’ enemy than its friend.” Foreign officials tell me this is their perception under the Biden Administration, which has a strange habit of appeasing our adversaries while holding our allies to impossible standards. ...

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Biden Fails To Hold China Accountable in Middle East April 17, 2024

With the Iranian regime bringing the Middle East ever closer to all-out war, the Biden administration has utterly failed to pressure Tehran’s allies in Beijing to contribute to averting further bloodshed that could imperil U.S. – and Chinese – econom...

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Middle East Tensions Will Fuel Energy Price Volatility April 15, 2024

A war of words is being waged among allies over energy markets. Andriy Kobolyev, the head of the Ukrainian state-owned oil company Naftogaz, warned that Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure would lead to a rise in global energy prices. ...

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Hamas’ Bet on the World Is Paying Off April 11, 2024

The Biden administration may not have meant to play into Hamas’s hands when it shifted its harsh rhetoric toward Israel last week – but it did. ...

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No Substitute for Victory Against China April 10, 2024

Amid a presidency beset by failures of deterrence—in Afghanistan, Ukraine, and the Middle East—the Biden administration’s China policy has stood out as a relative bright spot. ...

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WTH Is Going On With Biden and Israel? April 09, 2024

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Washington Should Take Iran’s Nuclear Threat More Seriously April 08, 2024

Despite the tumult in the Middle East, the Biden administration has neither a plan to deter Iranian aggression nor stop its nuclear program. ...

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Congress Needs Answers Before Sending More Aid to Ukraine April 08, 2024

The Biden administration needs to tell the American people what it really thinks Kyiv can actually achieve ...

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A New Strategic Concept in the Defense of Taiwan April 03, 2024

The Pentagon released its 2025 budget last week, and the implications for U.S. national security are sobering. Not because the Biden administration spends too little on defense, but because the budget shows a military reaching its limits. After a dec...

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Biden Administration ‘Paroled’ More Illegal Aliens Than Issued Visas April 02, 2024

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U.S. Airdrops in Gaza Expose Limit to Biden’s Israel Policy March 02, 2024

The U.S. normally does airdrops in hostile environments, not in areas occupied by allies. ...

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DACA Recipient Resigns From Biden Administration, Runs for Office February 06, 2024

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A Last Chance in Qatar February 03, 2024

Deterrence, once forfeited, leads progressively to reactive foreign policy. Having ignored entreaties to establish a credible deterrent in the Middle East late last year, the Biden Administration is now backed into a reactive corner that gives few go...

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Biden’s LNG Decision Sparks Hope for Russian Energy February 02, 2024

The Biden administration’s temporary pause on constructing new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals has prompted Russian optimism about boosting its global LNG exports and exploiting internal divisions in the United States....

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