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Should the U.S. Overtly Pledge to Defend Taiwan?
Commentary
Aug. 25, 2022
Flashpoints of Potential Escalation in the Ukraine War
Commentary
July 28, 2022
Supreme Court Usefully Points Out Erosion of Founders’ Vision of the Constitution
Commentary
July 20, 2022
Should the United States Treat Taiwan Differently Than Ukraine?
Events and emotions surrounding armed aggression can easily carry a U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity toward a hot war with China.
Commentary
May 31, 2022
Think Twice Before Admitting Finland and Sweden to NATO
Commentary
May 27, 2022
Scrap the Insurrection Act of 1807
Commentary
May 11, 2022
In a Nuclear World, Peace Strategy is Complex
Commentary
Apr. 26, 2022
Putin Has Already Lost the War
Commentary
Mar. 7, 2022
Why a NATO No-Fly Zone over Ukraine Is a Dangerous Idea
Commentary
Mar. 5, 2022
Three Cheers for Emmanuel Macron
Commentary
Feb. 17, 2022
NATO Bears Some Responsibility for the Ukraine Crisis
Commentary
Jan. 22, 2022
China’s Internal Weakness
Commentary
Dec. 21, 2021
Global Posture Review Makes Only Minor Changes to American Hegemony
The Global Posture Review is another reminder that Congress must reclaim its war powers.
Commentary
Dec. 10, 2021
Having More Empathy for Potential Adversaries Is Not Weakness, It’s Smart
Commentary
Dec. 2, 2021
Can the United States Ever Get Foreign Policy Right?
Biden—having long drunk the Kool-Aid that U.S. alliances “won the Cold War” and should continue as they are in perpetuity—is seemingly taking risky moves that could result in war with the nuclear powers of China and Russia.
Commentary
Nov. 16, 2021
Don’t Commit to Defense of Taiwan
The island can take care of itself without the United States ending its public ambiguity in favor of an explicit alliance.
Commentary
Oct. 15, 2021
The United States Should Take a Page from the German Election Playbook
Commentary
Oct. 6, 2021
Now Is the Time to Reign in Excessive Executive Power
Commentary
Sep. 23, 2021
America’s Foreign Policy Self-Deception
Time and again Americans have failed to consider whether there was anything the U.S. has done to motivate the attacks of her enemies.
Commentary
Sep. 13, 2021
The Roots of American Failure in Afghanistan
Commentary
Aug. 30, 2021


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