Fans of pseudo-historical nonsense received a dose of satisfaction this month when Politico published an article under the headline, “How Kennedy Narrowly Defeated Nixon — and Why the Alternative History Would Have Been Devastating.” (The sub-headline followed: “The 1960 election…
Married life and foreign relations aren’t entirely unrelated — both depend on good communication. That was the conclusion Russia and the United States came to in the wake of the Cuban Missile Crisis when the two powers came incredibly close…
On June 8, 2023, the Wall Street Journal shocked the public by publishing an article detailing a deal between the Cuban and Chinese governments that allowed China to conduct spying operations from the island, with the intent of specifically targeting…
In Cuba, the Biden administration is faced with another challenge to the Monroe Doctrine. Nearly 200 years ago, President James Monroe, at the urging of Secretary of State John Quincy Adams, warned foreign powers that “we should consider any attempt…
If the Biden administration is engaged in postwar planning for Ukraine, it might want to consider how to get postwar first. Last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken gave his views on the endgame in Ukraine and what should happen…
France’s President Emmanuel Macron may have a penchant for ambivalence — he often adds en meme temps (“at the same time”) to a declarative sentence — but, on the matter of Armageddon, he is unambiguous, as in his remarks on…
As the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis approaches, we can expect the usual media plaudits for President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy, and the so-called members of ExComm — the executive committee of the National Security…
In September 1964 — 58 years ago — Robert F. Kennedy resigned as attorney general to prepare to run for a Senate seat in New York. Kennedy’s name is emblazoned on the Department of Justice’s building in the nation’s capital….
In mid-December, at the same time Russian troops were massing on Russia’s border with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov sent a draft treaty to NATO proposing severe limitations on what NATO can do in its members who have joined…