The political whirlwind that struck three continents last week suggests the world has had enough. Or rather, the people have. Because today, both America and Europe are so different from what they were a week ago, it may take a…
Most of the commentary on President Biden’s poor debate performance has focused on his chances for reelection. But that is only one side of a dangerous coin. The other side is explored by Naval War College professor James Holmes in…
ERBIL, KURDISTAN — Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish territory of Kurdistan may be the most pro-American area in the Middle East. The Biden administration recently extended aid to Kurdistan’s Peshmerga militia and its operations against the Islamic State. Although the military threat…
David Boaz, the Cato Institute’s long-time executive vice president, left us last week. His passing was an obvious personal loss to his family and friends. It was a professional loss for the Cato Institute. It was political loss for libertarians….
In her political ads in the leadup to last week’s EU parliamentary elections, European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen bizarrely walks and jogs through a forest in her native Germany as she explains why she’s running. That she would retreat…
The aircraft carrier USS George Washington sailed through the South Atlantic last week to conduct the first joint U.S. naval maneuvers with Argentina in more than 30 years. During much of that time, governing leftist peronistas gave bases to China,…
My hyper-idealistic political book Radical Middle was published in 2004, and to nearly everyone’s surprise, including mine, it attracted some attention. Suddenly I was being asked to speak at big bookstores and other mainstream venues, and I was on the…
Many Americans are understandably fixated on the global crises dominating the headlines. But as we continue to focus on conflicts like Israel’s war against Hamas, we must not neglect a critical region in the quest for global stability and prosperity:…
The Indian electorate of nearly 970 million registered voters has spoken. Turnout has been estimated at over 66 percent in a seven-phase election that started on April 19. Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi has been elected to a third five-year term. Not since…
