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 […]
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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 […]
Israel and Ukraine? It’s the same war on two fronts
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 […]
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 […]