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U.S.-South Africa Diplomatic Crisis Provides an Opportunity for a New Beginning March 22, 2025

U.S.-South Africa relations sank to a new low last week after the South African ambassador to Washington, Ebrahim Rasool, accused the Trump administration of “supremacy” on four occasions during an online lecture on U.S. foreign policy to a South Afr...

South Africa

Trump administration

foreign policy

The Quid Pro Quo for Peace in Ukraine March 22, 2025

President Trump promises a rapprochement with Russia to end the war in Ukraine. Before we dismiss this as a pipedream, we should understand the options that Trump has in dealing with President Putin. What will be the quid pro quo for peace in Ukraine...

Welcoming Europe’s Defense Industrial Renaissance March 22, 2025

Fearing a sustained threat from Russia and reduced military protection from the United States, several European nations led by Poland, Estonia, the United Kingdom, and Germany are boosting defense spending. The European Union is also making $163 bill...

military

European Union

Russia Nears One Million Casualties as War Grinds On March 22, 2025

By relying heavily on unrepresented ethnic minorities far away from the centers of power in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the Kremlin ensures that public outcry against its “special military operation” in Ukraine remains under control. ...

Russia

NATO to Ask Europe and Canada for 30% Boost in Military Capacity March 21, 2025

Americas

EU Plan To Send More Military Aid to Ukraine in Shambles March 21, 2025

Russia

America Should Talk to Hamas About Hostages March 21, 2025

Axios recently reported that Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer “lashed out” at U.S. hostage envoy Adam Boehler in a “tense” phone call for negotiating with terror group Hamas for the return of a kidnapped U.S. citizen.In February, the U....

Europeans Lacking Manpower in Its Militaries March 21, 2025

One of the biggest problems in today’s politics (at least in the West) is the tendency by politicians to compartmentalise everything. Now the optimist could say this is clear evidence that they are not totalitarian....

defense

Why Russia Poses a Threat Well Beyond Its Neighbors March 21, 2025

Europeans might be focused on deterring Russia’s military might—but they also need to consider the danger of its political gamble...

Russia

Military Chiefs Gather To Discuss UK-French ‘Coalition of the Willing’ March 20, 2025

Russia

Anger as Indonesia Law Allows Military Bigger Role in Government March 20, 2025

Would Americans Go to War Against China? March 20, 2025

When it comes to military force, U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a starkly split stance. On the one hand, Trump is a self-professed skeptic of foreign entanglements. ...

china

How to Match Ends and Means in the Middle East March 19, 2025

For years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States enjoyed superpower status in a unipolar world. Its economy roared, and its military power went unmatched. When it came to pursuing its goals, Washington had to contend with few obsta...

Middle East

Trump Calls Canada to Action March 19, 2025

The U.S. is beating up on Canada.The friendship between the U.S. and Canada is historic but has fallen into an inexplicable confrontation. Bizarrely, President Trump has proposed that a fellow member of the powerful Group of Seven major economic powe...

canada

Donald Trump

economics

America Needs a National Economic Security Strategy March 17, 2025

As America confronts an ambitious economic and military peer in China, we desperately require a more coherent playbook for protecting and using our significant economic tools and assets. It is time to complement our national military strategy with a ...

United States Senate

economics

Erosion of Xi’s Power Over the Military March 17, 2025

Two waves of recent purges in the People’s Liberation Army have focused on Xi Jinping’s two major bases of support, the Shaanxi Gang and the Fujian Clique, likely eroding his power over the military. ...

china

Ukraine’s Unsung Military Heroes Can Lead the Nation’s Path Forward March 17, 2025

The intricacies of the battlefields in the Ukraine-Russia war are numerous, as most military leaders and politicians continue to do nothing but complicate the situation. Coupled with a dysfunctional approach to conflict resolution, the issue of milit...

Ukraine

Politics

veterans

U.S. Military Brokers Deals To Bring Syrian Factions Together March 15, 2025

Ecuador Pitches Us Military Base and Free Trade Deal to Trump Allies March 15, 2025

Americas

Russian Influence Operations in Georgia March 15, 2025

Russia’s influence operations in Georgia represent one of the Black Sea region’s most comprehensive hybrid warfare campaigns. The Kremlin has employed military intervention and territorial occupation, economic embargos, energy leverages, political co...

Europeans Must Stand for Free Speech March 14, 2025

European elites are furiously angry about President Donald Trump’s rapid shift away from the traditional transatlantic relationship. Rebuilding their countries’ militaries will be one way to prove that the relationship remains valuable to the United ...

Russia Increasing Military Buildup Ahead of Negotiations March 13, 2025

Russia

U.S.-Saudi Cooperation Could Fortify Critical Mineral Supply Chains. March 13, 2025

President Trump returned to office facing a weakened defense industrial base, strained by the Ukraine war and threatened by China’s grip on critical inputs. Dependence on competitors like China for materials that power essential commercial and milita...

Why Russia’s Military Has Been So Resilient March 13, 2025

Ukraine has agreed to a United States proposal of a 30-day ceasefire in its war with Russia following talks with United States officials in Saudi Arabia. ...

Russia

Iran's Supreme Leader Doubles Down on Donald Trump March 13, 2025

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said there would be negotiations with President Donald Trump's United States and warned against any military attack. ...

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