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Trump Stands by Waltz March 25, 2025

Poland is a Model U.S. Ally – Let’s Act Like It March 25, 2025

Earlier this month, Elon Musk inserted himself into another political debate about Russia’s war on Ukraine. In his comments, he noted his Starlink system as the “backbone” of the Ukrainian army, asserting that, “their entire frontline would collapse”...

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Ukraine

history

The Anti-Houthi Campaign Comes Up Short March 25, 2025

Control represents the prime goal of military strategy, and air bombardment—no matter how relentless—cannot replace the power of boots on the ground. ...

Yemen

What Team Trump’s Group Chat Error Really Revealed March 25, 2025

Jeffrey Goldberg’s story in the Atlantic is so mind-blowing it’s hard to know what to say in response....

Trump administration

media

The EU Wants To Censor the Global Internet March 25, 2025

The Trump White House is right to oppose the Digital Services Act....

free speech

Taiwan’s Toughened Stance on China March 25, 2025

Differences over Taiwan’s status have fueled rising tensions between the island and mainland. Taiwan is the likeliest potential flash point in U.S.-China relations. ...

china

How Trump Broke the Canadian Right March 25, 2025

Pierre Poilievre has lost his shine ...

canada

China Has Already Remade the International System March 25, 2025

In early February, as he flew in Air Force One above the body of water he’d recently renamed the Gulf of America, President Donald Trump declared that he would levy tariffs on all imported steel and aluminum. ...

china

Trump, Strategy, and Mercantilism March 25, 2025

economics

Trump Ally Carries New Message From China to U.S. March 24, 2025

Trump Looms Over Canada’s Election as Campaign Begins March 24, 2025

Americas

Greenland Condemns Planned Visits by Usha Vance and Trump Adviser March 24, 2025

Americas

The Reverse Nixon/Kissinger… Finally March 24, 2025

For nearly 13 years, well before the Maidan/Crimea crisis and even Trump’s initial run for President, this author has argued for a “Reverse Nixon” or “Reverse Kissinger” tilt to Russia to balance China.In light of the recent dust-up with Ukrainian Pr...

Trump Puts the System on Trial March 24, 2025

President Trump’s supporters have denounced the federal judges seeking to stall or stop this administration’s government overhaul. But there is at least one person who, despite a show of outrage and condemnation, is neither surprised nor intimidated:...

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judiciary

Politics

Department of Justice

Why Europe Can’t Defend Itself March 24, 2025

Imagine a world in which western Europe was actually able to stick it to Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump simultaneously. ...

Europe

NATO

Europe’s War in Ukraine March 24, 2025

Relations between the United States and its European allies have proved tempestuous during the first two months of the second Trump administration. ...

Ukraine

Negotiating a Peace Is Not a Betrayal of Ukraine March 24, 2025

President Donald Trump has abandoned the Biden policies of “nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine” and of isolating Russia. He has pushed Volodymyr Zelensky to the negotiating table and negotiated with Vladimir Putin. He has advocated for ending the ...

Ukraine

The Push to ‘Normalize’ Relations With Azerbaijan and Israel March 24, 2025

With President Donald Trump sending mixed messages on Iran — on the one hand, reinstating his “maximum pressure” campaign and threatening military action; on the other, signaling an eagerness to negotiate — anti-diplomacy voices are working overtime ...

Azerbaijan

The Trump Admin Accidentally Texted Me War Plans March 24, 2025

The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen. ...

Trump administration

How the U.S. Can Limit China’s Arms Exports March 24, 2025

Russia’s full-scale assault on Ukraine has altered the global arms market in ways not seen since the end of the Cold War, creating challenges and opportunities for arms exporters and importers alike. Russian arms exports are down, global defense spen...

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