Afghanistan’s Fall to the Taliban Should Revive the Powell Doctrine of Clear Military Goals

Trump’s attack already seems distant, while the Taiwan issue is intimately relevant.

If the President of the United States behaves primarily as the chief negotiator for corporate America, then alliances themselves become contingent commodities.

The global backdrop has changed. Resource competition has escalated. It is no longer about interdependence.

The question Trump faces in Beijing will no longer be “whether he can strike a deal,” but rather, “what will he give up to get one.”

The price of flippancy in the White House and the criminal intransigence of the Tehran regime is being paid by the Iranians who, after nearly half a century of cruel dictatorship, deserve to be free.