On 31 July, Iran’s “supreme leader,” Ayatollah Khamenei, ordered an attack on Israel in response to the presumed Israeli assassination in Tehran of Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of the terrorist network Hamas. Hamas is, of course, a proxy force…
“Ukraine will stop Putin” declared America’s failing president whose uncertain political fate and cognitive issues loomed over NATO’s 75th annual conference hosted last week in Washington, where many participants took time on the side to meet with some of Donald…
WASHINGTON — Most of the questions asked by political animals during President Joe Biden’s press conference at NATO Thursday night were variations of the same thought: What are you still doing here after you fumbled and stumbled through the June…
Last week, China anchored one of its two “Monster Ships” — the largest Coast Guard ships in the world — within the exclusive economic zone of Manila, the capital of the Philippines. The vessels are 165 meters long and displace…
NATO is marking its 75th anniversary. The ever-expanding gang of U.S. military dependents will hold its summit in Washington this July. It should be a time for celebration. However, the specter of another Trump presidency will hang over the gathering….
When Donald Trump called our NATO allies “delinquent” and mused on how he might encourage Russia to “do whatever the hell they want” with allies that don’t spend the required 2 percent of GDP on defense, the foreign policy blob…
Translator’s Note: France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, will not say there will never be French troops — or NATO troops — on the ground in Ukraine. This is common sense, and, to take a line from commentators in the U.S. who…
Russia’s steady westward advance following the fall of Avdiivka has Europeans in a panic. Frenzied calls between German generals agonizing about giving long range missiles to Ukraine get intercepted by Russia and EU governments quarrel over French proposals to send…
How does the Ukraine-Russia war end? In an October surprise. Ukraine, which became independent on 24 August 1991, will be dissolved and a New Ukraine will come into being by virtue of a unilateral declaration by the present Government of…
