by Andreas Kluth “Abstention” is a deceptively diplomatic word, implying some sort of bureaucratic omission. And yet this week’s decision by the U.S. to abstain from casting […]
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Biden & Bibi: From frenemies to enemies
by Andreas Kluth You know frenemies are becoming enemies when they’re drawing each other red lines. That’s what President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Trump’s NATO rants make U.S. weaker
by Jonah Goldberg On Sept. 12, 2001, 24 hours after the 9/11 attacks, representatives of the then-19- member North Atlantic Treaty Organization, convened to invoke Article 5 […]
U.S. retaliation for American deaths shouldn’t be driven by war fever
by Daniel DePetris Until this past weekend, the roughly 45,000 U.S. troops based in the Middle East were able to insulate themselves from the chaos of the […]
U.S. bombing Houthis latest example of Congress sidelined for military action
by Daniel DePetris President Joe Biden’s decision to order a wave of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen was inevitable the moment the Yemeni militia disregarded Washington’s […]
Milei must show he can govern
Argentina’s new president-elect, Javier Milei, met officials from President Joe Biden’s administration in Washington last week. Having campaigned as a Trump-style scourge of the elite, who sees […]
India assassination plot breaches global order
In a federal indictment this week, Manhattan U.S. Attorney Damian Williams unveiled an indictment against Nikhil Gupta, an alleged Indian narcotics trafficker who prosecutors say had attempted […]
Covering Kissinger’s century
by Martin Schram President Richard Nixon was work-vacationing in his Western White House estate at San Clemente and not far away, the White House press corps was […]
Could dual wars bring ‘major changes in the international order’?
by Doyle McManus Fiona Hill is worried. The onetime Russia adviser to then-President Donald Trump fears that support for Ukraine is gradually eroding, encouraging Russian President Vladimir […]
Will Joe Biden repeat Barack Obama’s mistake?
More than 11 years ago, Barack Obama drew his “red line” in the sand. Will the Biden administration make the same mistake? It was August 2012 when […]
