The Signal chat group created by US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to discuss imminent strikes targeting Houthi terrorists in Yemen in March ultimately cost him his job. Waltz’s misjudgment exposed the Trump administration to substantial domestic political criticism at a difficult time and shocked friends and allies of the United States worldwide. Other errors […]
Read MoreDonald Trump has confirmed since 20th January that he is an aberration in American politics. That was clear in his first term, but many refused to acknowledge reality, fervently hoping his second term would be a legacy-building project. Their mistake was assuming that their definition of “legacy”—what normal political leaders see as solidifying a positive […]
Ukraine’s Volodomyr Zelensky is “a dictator without elections,” with only a four percentapproval rating( https://www.newsweek.com/what-trump-has-said-about-zelensky-since-2022-2039000 ). The war in Ukraine( https://apnews.com/article/trump-speech-congress-transcript-751b5891a3265ff1e5c1409c391fef7c ) is “madness” and “senseless.” While it is true Russia iscurrently “pounding” Ukraine, “probably anyone in that position would be doing that rightnow( https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crknjxj3n4zo ).” Kyiv is “more difficult, frankly, to dealwith” than Moscow.This […]
T.S Eliot would not have minded Robert Kaplan expropriating the title of his mostfamous poem for his latest book, Waste Land. Kaplan’s focus on the decline of the West and thebirth of modernism were among the poem’s themes(175), and his latest tour de force on theunhappy state of the world is decidedly pessimistic on many […]
A ceasefire deal only delays the inevitable: a third Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is why Zelensky is fighting for security guarantees. A do-over of 2014 is not going to be acceptable to the Ukrainians.
Trump doesn't have a philosophy or grand strategy when it comes to national security. He doesn't do policy the way it's conventionally understood. He will change his mind on a dime. I joined @charliestone to discuss the chaos in the Trump White House:
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American presidents don’t normally meet with terrorists, but al-Sharaa obviously received good public-relations advice after taking power. Al-Sharaa has a long way to go before he deserves full recognition and legitimacy from the U.S..
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It would be a huge mistake if Trump entered into an agreement with Iran that resembles the 2015 Obama nuclear deal. The Iranian government is desperate to buy time, they believe that stalling with the U.S., will stave off any further pummelling from the Israelis.
The National Security Council system has its faults, but reducing the staff and its responsibility for developing and coordinating policy formulation does not benefit America's security or Donald Trump. Will American Presidents make the best-informed decisions or will they merely…
I joined @firstpost to discuss the impact of nuclear weaponry in south Asia and extending worldwide. While recent conflicts are not nuclear, there is no reason to believe they won't become so in the future.
Air Force One is a flying office, not a flying palace, it is meant to be a highly secure work space for the President's staff. The U.S. would have to completely overhaul every inch of the plane gifted by the Qatari government to make it functional and secure.
The Iranian government cannot be trusted. There is no evidence that they have given up their strategic decision to achieve nuclear weapons. This is classic Iranian diplomacy: just buy time.
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria and the pounding of Iran's terror proxies have weakened Tehran significantly. They would like nothing more than long, drown out negotiations with a naive, inexperienced negotiator like Witkoff.
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