by John M. Crisp In light of the developing catastrophe in Ukraine, one wonders if President George W. Bush regrets not having taken a harder line against Russian President Vladimir […]
Tag: foreign policy
What is America’s foreign policy?
Oh, for the good old days of the Soviet Union. America’s foreign policy and goals were clear then: containment and opposition to communist expansion. Nuclear weapons were a deterrent, but […]
Russia wages war on more than Ukraine
Russia has invaded Ukraine. The news was not shocking — U.S. intelligence had been warning of an imminent invasion for weeks — but it was no less upsetting. Many of […]
Putin is playing with fire in Ukraine
by Clara Ferreira Marques The worst, it seems, has now happened in Ukraine. In a pre-dawn televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced he had ordered an operation aimed at […]
Biden’s $7B betrayal of Afghanistan
by Ruth Pollard Out of all the actions the Biden administration could have taken on Afghanistan, commandeering the nation’s foreign currency reserves is, to put it mildly, unhelpful. In an […]
Ukrainians say ‘we aren’t leaving’
by Trudy Rubin MARIUPOL, Ukraine — The airport in Ukraine’s second-largest port is shut. A Moscow-led “rebellion” around the city in 2014 made it too dangerous for planes to fly […]
In the nuclear face-off with Iran, Biden just blinked
by Bobby Ghosh For months, President Joe Biden has given the impression that he is prepared to play hardball with Iran over its nuclear program. As the world powers have […]
Authoritarian world of Xi and Putin
by Trudy Rubin I intended this column to focus on Elizabeth Economy’s important new book, “The World According to China,” which describes Xi Jinping’s vision for China’s future dominance in […]
Trump not responsible for Iran’s behavior
by Bobby Ghosh As the nuclear negotiations between the world powers and Iran approach a denouement, the Biden administration is turning up the heat on … Donald Trump!? Facing a […]
Putin reestablishing the Russian empire
by Trudy Rubin This week, Western nations have been trying to rebuff Russia’s threats to invade Ukraine for the second time in eight years. The talks between the United States, […]
