How Democrats can save themselves
In a few days, President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union speech. He might want to consider some advice from two political analysts who have a track In 1989, William Galston (my …
Putin escalates his creeping war in Ukraine
Russian tanks and mechanized infantry have invaded Ukraine’s Donbas and occupied the so-called secessionist enclaves of Luhansk and Donetsk.
Russian President Vladimir Putin calls his armored …
The verdict is in: Trump wasn’t right about China
Was Trump right about China? No. Let’s count the ways.
One: Trump’s entire conception of the China challenge was fallacious. Trump thought the problem China posed was that it sold us too many …
The strategic costs of Hunter Biden’s Ukrainian corruption
Often a bribe is more destructive than a bullet.
In Afghanistan the U.S. and NATO could never defeat the endemic corruption that riddled the Afghan government and army. Since Russia invaded …
Racism powers Communist China’s drive for dominance
China’s communist leaders have clamped down on coverage and commentary of the Winter Olympic games. Ask Dutch correspondent Sjoerd den Daas, who was manhandled by a security guard during a live …
The Trump coup is ongoing
Some look back on the events following Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss and think we dodged a bullet: There was a coup attempt, and thankfully it failed. Others believe that the whole thing has been …
The best media China can buy – or blackmail
In April 2019 the Houston Chronicle, in collaboration with Science magazine, published an article documenting an extensive FBI investigation into communist China’s infiltration of major U.S. medical …
Communist Chinese imperialists steal Sub-Saharan Africa
A quick review of communist China’s calculated territorial imperialism in the South China Sea helps clarify Beijing’s calculated economic, political and criminal imperialism in sub-Saharan Africa.In …
Putin, Ukraine and the RUBK: Old news is current bad news
Fail to study the past (history), from energizing grand aspirations to how-it’s-done tactics, and you will fail the present.
Failure to study the basics definitely occurred when the Biden …
2022’s four strategic challenges
As 2022 begins, four strategic challenges to the post-World War II international order generate the psychological ambiguity — meaning plain old human fear — that fosters …