The greatest threats to the world come from China and Russia. Only the U.S. guarantees global order and security. This article was first published in Weltwoche, on January 26th, 2023. Click Here to read the original article. Henry Luce, publisher of Time magazine, coined the term “American Century” in 1941, almost nine months before Japan […]
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This article was first published in The Washington Post, on January 25th, 2023. Click Here to read the original article John R. Bolton served as national security adviser under President Donald Trump and is the author of “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir.” Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Beijing […]
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The alliance ought to put Ankara’s membership on the chopping block if the Turkish president meddles in the upcoming contests. This article was first published in the Wall Street Journal on January 16th, 2023. Click Here to read the original article. With Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the helm, Turkey is again “the sick man of Europe,” albeit […]
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Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida comes to Washington this week for a potentially critical summit with President Joe Biden — particularly on China, which Tokyo now publicly recognizes as its principal threat. Just weeks ago, Kishida announced a historical “turning point” in Tokyo’s security policy, vowing to double its defense budget in the next five […]
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By Ambassador John Bolton This article was first published in the National Review, on January 5th, 2022. Click Here to read the original article. Among the many unwelcome legacies of Donald Trump’s random walk through foreign and defense policy during his presidency, the resurgence of isolationism and know-nothingism in the Republican Party is among the most […]
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This is a decisive year for Ukraine, and whether the West can show Russia, China and Iran the strength of its resolve By Ambassador John Bolton This article first appeared in the Daily Telegraph on January 3rd, 2023. Click Here to read the original article. President Volodomyr Zelensky’s December 21 Washington address to both houses of […]
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By David Wurmser Various senior intelligence sources in Israel over the last weeks have suggested in public that they assess the upheaval in Iran to be serious, perhaps even profoundly altering of Iran’s behavior, but in the end, that they “do not see that the regime is in danger.”2 This Israeli assessment follows weeks of […]
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This article was first published in 19FortyFive on December 21, 2022. Click Here to read the original article. North Korea’s Friday announcement that it had successfully tested a “high-thrust, solid-fuel motor” was seriously bad news for the United States and its allies. Pyongyang’s ballistic missile program has long received considerable international attention (although regrettably little […]
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This article first appeared in Politico Europe on October 24th, 2022. Click Here to read the original article. By Ambassador John Bolton John Bolton served as the 25th United States Ambassador to the United Nations, and as the 26th United States National Security Advisor from 2018 to 2019. Watching the United Kingdom’s ongoing political turmoil […]
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By Dr. David Wurmser The problem with the Israel-Lebanon maritime agreement just concluded is not only its content, but the surrounding arguments promulgated to justify it in the public eye. There may be secret provisions to the agreement that render it an achievement, but the public disclosures of the terms and rationale for the agreement […]
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