by John M. Crisp Our future is foreshadowed by our past, and few human activities have shaped our history more than our near-irresistible compulsion to fight each other. War is […]
Tag: foreign policy
Why Israel is losing my support
by Nicholas Goldberg For many years I believed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was fixable, that a final resolution could — and ultimately would — be found in the creation of two […]
Jimmy Carter still changing the world
by Nicholas Goldberg The Carter Center announced last week that Jimmy Carter was entering hospice care and would forgo further medical treatment for his various ailments, choosing to spend his […]
A year after invasion, what’s next for Ukraine?
by Carl P. Leubsdorf In the year since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched his brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the world has thrilled to the pluck and the bravery […]
Looking up, looking down
While the military is focused on foreign objects flying over American and Canadian territory, a more disturbing threat to our national security is occurring on the ground. Federal, state and […]
Chinese balloon gone, but it’s making U.S.-China relations harder to manage
by Doyle McManus The Chinese balloon that floated across the United States this month, apparently on a mission to collect intelligence, began its journey as a curiosity. Then it became […]
Confrontation with China no longer seems a distant scenario
Ominous signs are growing about the potential for direct military conflict between the United States and China. It’s not every day when a top military commander predicts in a memo […]
Crimea — a peace prize or a head fake?
by Martin Schram Negotiating a true peace in the middle of a horrendous war is sometimes a task for only the feint-hearted. This moment in Ukraine’s war to repel Russia’s […]
China a threat not only to Taiwan
SYDNEY — Last July, the U.S. chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Mark Milley, visited Jakarta, where he said China’s military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the […]
Haiti, rudderless with no elected leaders, needs help
Alarmed and clear-eyed Americans have said that they are fighting to preserve the foundation of our democracy. Sure, last week’s near-brawl over the election of a Republican speaker of the […]
