George Washington Professor of International Affairs Robert Sutter writes in The Diplomat that the Biden administration has successfully checked China in Asia and will be a tough act to follow for the incoming Trump administration. Sutter claims that the Biden…
One sunny day, I and my traveling companion, Peter Phillip, a German journalist, drove into the U.S. Marine Corps installation at Beirut airport in Peter’s fun-size Suzuki Jeep looking for something to report. It was October 1983, when anybody could…
Last week the Islamist theocrats who rule Iran buried one of their own, President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash week before last. In the manner of dictatorships, the Iranian authorities promoted massive displays of grief, with crowds numbering…
Recently the Biden administration elevated humanitarian aid to Gaza as a foreign policy priority amidst ongoing negotiations for hostages and an Israeli-Hamas ceasefire. The talking point of aid to Gaza is nothing new; international outcry from Israel’s adversaries, UNWRA, Amnesty…
Zakiya Carr Johnson hates the American system. She hates American culture. So Secretary of State Antony Blinken thought, Perfect! Let’s hand her a top role at the State Department! That is indeed exactly what happened. Zakiya Carr Johnson, who has…
It has seemed likely for several weeks that Israel would attack Rafah, reportedly the last holdout of Hamas’ forces, on Purim, which began a few hours ago. Nothing would make more sense. Purim is a time to remember that when…
“NYC Public School Wipes Israel from the Map” reads the headline of Francesca Block’s article in The Free Press today (January 11). The map was supplied to the school, PS 261, as part of a program that is sponsored by…
Does it matter whether Niger is run by a committee of high-ranking military men or an elected president who took office without incurring the wrath of his predecessor or the fury of the media elites in Niamey? Niamey is the…
There is little that political tyrants fear more than religion. Most faiths call people to put their trust in something transcendent, to which all worldly pursuits, including government, are subject. God, not the president, king, general secretary, czar, prime minister,…
