by Jonah Goldberg In normal times, domestic political fights over foreign policy breakdown more or less along a conventional left-right divide. These are not normal times. The […]
Tag: foreign policy
Getting the Saudi-Israel formula wrong
If one is mixing chemicals, getting the formula wrong can produce disastrous results. It is the same with international diplomacy. For decades the left was wrong about […]
Sweden and Finland give NATO a strategic opportunity in the Arctic
by James Stavridis In the wake of Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the alliance can take a well-deserved victory lap. I commanded […]
Yes, cluster munitions are awful. No, that doesn’t mean the U.S. shouldn’t give them to Ukraine
by Jonah Goldberg The controversy over the Biden administration’s decision to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions reminded me of my old boss William F. Buckley’s famous rejoinder […]
Antony Blinken’s visit to China didn’t resolve tensions, but it’s a start
by Daniel DePetris For the first time in five years, a U.S. secretary of state set foot on Chinese soil for an official visit. Antony Blinken, America’s […]
Sizing up Ukraine’s counteroffensiveis difficult in the fog of war
by Daniel DePetris After months of speculation about when Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive will begin, we now have an answer: right now. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops, […]
President Biden’s foreign policy drives China and Russia together
by Ivan Eland Joe Biden had much experience in foreign policy before being elected president, but he is certainly no Richard Nixon. Although Nixon had to […]
Policy at a crossroads in Afghanistan
by Daniel DePetris Nearly 21 months after the U.S. withdrawal from a two-decadelong misadventure in Afghanistan, an increasingly polarized Washington continues to ask the same old questions. […]
Democracy under the knife in Sudan
by Haley Morrow and Tom H. Hastings The streets of Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan, have been engulfed in violent conflict for two weeks; thousands have […]
Discord leaks make high stakes in Ukraine’s spring offensive higher
by Doyle McManus The bizarre torrent of intelligence documents posted on a gamers’ chat server, allegedly by a 21-year-old National Guard technician, produced headlines last week about […]
