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The Last Gasp of Post-Cold War Internationalism January 18, 2025

Whether with neoliberalism or neoconservatism, the last four presidents helped to squander the peace. And now a new era begins. ...

Joe Biden

Trump Was ‘The Closer’ on Gaza Cease-Fire Deal January 17, 2025

The U.S. president-elect claiming credit for the Israel-Hamas agreement has infuriated Joe Biden and his aides, but few in the region doubt it’s true. ...

What Did European Liberals Get From Biden? January 17, 2025

Next week American President-elect Donald Trump will drop the “elect,” and President Joe Biden will pick up “former” before his name....

Biden’s Bizarro World of Foreign Policy ‘Achievements’ January 17, 2025

Departing President Joe Biden offered a farewell brag this week to his State Department about how his tenure had improved America's stature abroad. In his now accustomed weird mix of whispering and fiery shouting, Biden apparently felt he had to lie ...

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Blame Joe Biden if Ukraine Loses the War to Russia January 17, 2025

At the start of the Russia-Ukraine war in 2022, President Joe Biden declared America would support Ukraine “for as long as it takes,” and he declared that such support would leave “Russia weaker and the rest of the world stronger.”...

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The Biden Administration’s Vision for Postwar Gaza January 15, 2025

Back in the early 1960s, leading diplomats, public intellectuals, philanthropists, and others came together in Washington to create an organization that was founded on meeting the challenges of an increasingly interdependent world. In attendance, amo...

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Gaza

Venezuela's Opposition Seeks Foreign Support January 08, 2025

In the eyes of President Joe Biden and much of the world, Edmundo González Urrutia is the rightful next president of Venezuela. Yet he’s in Washington this week seeking America’s help making that a reality. ...

Venezuela

The Persistence of ISIS Ideology January 06, 2025

Early on Wednesday morning Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old US citizen, drove a truck into revellers celebrating New Year’s Eve on New Orleans’s famed Bourbon Street. At least 15 people were killed and dozens more wounded. Law enforcement found an I...

Biden’s ‘Allies & Partners’ Have Their Own Ideas November 20, 2024

A series of events show how countries like India and Japan may be seeking more independence from the American-led order ...

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Japan

Biden Should Retaliate for Iranian Plot To Assassinate Trump November 20, 2024

The Iranian plot to assassinate Trump is an act of war. It is a direct attack on our democratic process. It cannot be ignored. And simply bringing an indictment against some low-level individuals involved is not enough. Not nearly enough. Our retalia...

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Biden's ATACMS Decision Is Too Little, Too Late November 20, 2024

The Biden administration has loosened some restrictions on how Ukraine can use U.S.-supplied ATACMS missiles in its ongoing war with Russia. But this move is too little, too late. ...

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Biden’s ATACMS Call Puts Russia on Notice November 19, 2024

The missile system is unlikely to be a game changer or silver bullet, but it’s important for several reasons. ...

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Biden’s Long-Range Missile Call Helps Donald Trump November 18, 2024

President Joe Biden has approved Ukraine’s use of long-range US weapons for strikes against military targets inside Russia. It might seem contradictory, but this decision actually helps his successor Donald Trump’s looming effort to negotiate an end ...

Joe Biden

Trump Shock Waves Ripple Through Fragmented G20 November 18, 2024

The leaders of the world’s largest economies will be gathered together in the same room Monday in what could be a unique opportunity to address the wars and crises rippling across the globe....

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Trump Looms Over Biden’s Final Meeting With Xi in Peru November 16, 2024

When President Joe Biden meets for the final time Saturday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, his aides say the moment will be ripe for reflection on a relationship that began more than a decade ago, over a long meal in Chengdu....

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Biden’s Foreign Policy Legacy Will Be in Economic Warfare November 06, 2024

Joe Biden’s foreign policy will be remembered for many things: the humiliating exit from Afghanistan, the stalwart response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the struggle to contain the fallout from Oct. 7 in the Middle East. But Biden has cast his lo...

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Save Yourselves. Vote for Donald Trump November 04, 2024

Voters across the pond are quickly realizing what a massive mistake they made by electing Sir Keir Starmer’s far-left, Labour government in the United Kingdom. America, you cannot afford to follow suit.It’s only been three months since the left-wing ...

Confronting Terror Requires Conviction to Win November 01, 2024

Israel’s war against Hezbollah was as inevitable as it was avoidable. Shaken by an unending war in Afghanistan and its concomitant withdrawal, the failure of which will live in eternal infamy, our political leaders over the last two decades came to f...

Biden Is Handcuffing Our Allies, Emboldening Putin October 18, 2024

The most salient national security aspect of Bob Woodward’s new book “War” is his revelation that Russian President Vladimir Putin was likely emboldened to invade Ukraine in February 2022 after President Joe Biden’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanista...

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American Giants October 16, 2024

Joe Biden has a new neighbor. Pennsylvania Avenue’s latest attraction is a 58-foot-long anti-war monument. A Soldier’s Journey, a frieze composed of 38 larger-than-life realistic figures, tells the story of one American “doughboy” from enlistment to ...

The Global South Fears the Biden-Harris Administration’s Policy Agenda October 14, 2024

What is President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s foreign policy plan? That’s a question that few have answers to, but for hundreds of millions of people in the developing world the stakes could not be higher.East Africa faith leaders are ra...

Beijing Cashes in on Sunset of Biden’s Failed Presidency October 12, 2024

With President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline now more apparent than ever – both to the American people and our adversaries abroad – mounting evidence suggests the Chinese Communist Party is working overtime to take full advantage of Biden’s frailty d...

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What the West could learn from Israel October 09, 2024

Abrief update from Agence France Presse underscores the shift in power in the Middle East. The report, citing a German source, tells us that Joe Biden ‘plans to meet the leaders of Germany, France and Britain in Berlin on Saturday to discuss the Midd...

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Taiwan Needs To Start Taking Its Defense Seriously October 08, 2024

It is no secret that China would like to get out of the first island chain into which it has been hemmed in for decades, or arguably even longer. They have long claimed much of the South China Sea, which includes territory claimed by multiple other s...

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china

foreign policy

How Much Humanitarian Aid Is Hamas Stealing? Americans Paying For It Deserve To Know. October 08, 2024

The Palestinian Authority's television channel recently made the startling accusation that the terrorist group Hamas is “taking” humanitarian aid and selling it “at very high prices” to exploit desperate Palestinian civilians. This came shortly after...

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