September 1, 2018

China's Most Dangerous Geopolitical Weapon

China's reach is extending as wide as Beijing's pockets appear deep, and Washington must act fast. 

February 24, 2018

Tariffs Won't Help Make America Great Again

The president wants to do right by the Rust Belt, but will tariffs really make American manufacturing great again?

October 26, 2017

Nikki Haley's Africa Trip Is about Fixing Obama's Mistakes

Ambassaor Haley has a chance to correct the Obama administration's errors in South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

August 16, 2017

Will Trump Act Alone on North Korea?

Diplomacy, posturing, and the imposition of sanctions have had no significant impact on North Korea's ruling elite. 

June 17, 2017

The Tehran Attacks: Beginning of the End for Assad?

Iran is now paying the price for funding and supporting the Assad regime at home.

May 17, 2017

Biometrics: A Different Kind of Border Wall

As long as Homeland Security gets its act together and puts biometric requirements into place, there’s no need to bemoan the suspension of the border wall. 

May 6, 2017

Trump’s Good cop/bad cop Approach to Saudi Arabia

Trump may soon be able to point to the Saudis as an example of what “America First” actually looks like in foreign policy.

April 8, 2017

Going Overboard with #Russiagate

Democrats in Congress and their allies in the media have officially become obsessed with the alleged links between the Trump administration and Russia.

December 17, 2016

Trump’s Taiwan Move Exposes Weak Pacific Alliances

President-elect Trump appears committed to standing up to communist China, while at the same time strengthening the special relationship between the United States and Japan. 

April 7, 2016

It’s Time for a Moratorium on Chinese Investment

While the United States continues its mild-mannered overtures directed at appeasing conflicts in the South China Sea, China doesn’t pull any punches. 

October 20, 2015

Is Russia Outpacing the U.S. Military?

Putin's Syria campaign offers a disturbing reminder of the damage Russia could do to the U.S. military and American allies. 

October 2, 2015

Once Again, Obama bows to China

Obama's legacy of U.S. weakness, and the accommodation of rivals he leaves behind will be damaging for U.S. interests for years to come.

July 21, 2015

How Obama abandoned allies for African dictators

Historians looking back at America's first black president will point out that his most fateful legacy was shifting our country’s foreign policy center of gravity away from our closest allies to a motley group of questionable leaders.