Recent reports that the Trump administration is withholding roughly $400 million of military assistance to Taiwan are deeply disturbing. Although the White House maintains no final decisions have been made, the pause is eerily similar to Trump’s summer 2019 withholding of security assistance to Ukraine, for reasons entirely unrelated to Kyiv’s defense needs. China’s threat […]
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ALTHOUGH LONG a factor in American strategic thinking, the Arctic now receives far more attention in Washington than in decades. Several forces are at play: increased use of Arctic maritime passages for military and commercial purposes; Russia’s historical focus on its northern territories, now magnified by its aggression against Ukraine; and, most salient geopolitically, China’s […]
As Donald Trump’s tariffs begin to bite more widely, considerable amounts of hard data on their actual consequences will soon arrive. Of course, the rationale for many of Trump’s tariffs remains opaque, and, despite the August 1 “deadline,” negotiations continue with several important trading partners. The tariffs’ economic impact continues to emerge, but their international […]
Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza includes disarming Hamas, which I do not see happening... being a military force is their entire reason for existence.
I'm not confident Trump's 20-point plan for Gaza is going to be fruitful. We saw this exact situation earlier this year and negotiations fell through. I don't see anything different happening now.
Trump has ignored the enormous roadblocks between the aspiration for a non-radicalized Gaza and the real thing.
'Good luck': Former Trump adviser's advice to PM ahead of meeting - ABC listen
Israel and Hamas have begun negotiations in Cairo to discuss U-S President Donald Trump's 20-point peace plan for ...
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Trump’s twenty-point plan for Gaza is vague, complex, and grandiloquent. It could well simply fall of its own weight.
جون بولتون | خطة ترمب لغزة: واقع أم مسرحية؟
يرى جون بولتون أن خطة ترمب لغزة تفتقر إلى التفاصيل العملية وآليات الت...
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I think it is important for Americans and our international allies to know that Trump is an aberration in American politics.
Mike Pence and John Bolton say America’s future lies with its citizens
Two prominent Republicans, John Bolton and Mike Pence, share lessons from their time with Trump and their advice f...
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We have historically kept the military out of law enforcement. The Administration’s efforts to push the military into law enforcement is both bad philosophy and bad law, and wholly inconsistent with conservative principles.
I recently joined @HarvardIOP to discuss the United Nations. my tenure in the Trump Admin, and the multitude of threats America faces from across the globe. It's dangerous to ignore or dismiss these threats, especially those from Tehran and Beijing.
If U.N. partners want American dollars, they have to perform. We should pay for what we want, and expect what we pay for. Thanks @HarvardIOP for hosting me.
Recent reports confirm Xi Jinping is going to leverage trade negotiations with Trump to push the U.S. to abandon our position on Taiwan independence. This is exactly what I warned against last week.
Reports of the Trump admin withholding $400M of military assistance to Taiwan are deeply disturbing. Taiwan is the world’s key manufacturer of sophisticated computer chips, which underlines the risk of Chinese hegemony over the island.
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/5518004-trump-may-be-abandoning-taiwan-to-chinas-tender-mercies/
The U.N.’s key political decision-making bodies are all but hopelessly broken. It would take hard work, but Trump should fix this.
Opinion | Trump should fix the U.N., not just grandstand
Rhetorical digs won’t improve an institution in need of serious repair.
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