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The Powers that Should Be
Robert Gates served as secretary of defense under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. He also has served as director of the Central Intellige…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Rise of the Illiberal World Order
In theory, the United Nations and other international organizations express the will of something called “the international community,” while enforci…
5 years, 8 months ago
Sharansky’s Lives
Natan Sharansky grew up in the Soviet Union where he became an elite mathematician and chess whiz. But he also became a dissident, a human rights act…
5 years, 9 months ago
China’s German Connection
Chinese President Xi Jinping sees the United States as the primary adversary and rival of the People’s Republic of China. His intention is to end Ame…
5 years, 9 months ago
The U.S. Military’s Southern Exposure: Trouble in the Neighborhood
The U.S. Southern Command, SOUTHCOM, is one of six geographic combatant commands. It’s responsible for planning, operations and security cooperation …
5 years, 9 months ago
H.R. McMaster and the Fight to Defend the Free World
LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster is a soldier, scholar and strategist. A graduate of West Point, he served in the U.S. Army for 34 years, earning a doctorate…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Iraq-Iran War: An Unhappy 40th Anniversary
On September 22, 1980, Iraq and Iran went to war. The conflict dragged on for eight long years, taking an estimated half million lives. When it was o…
5 years, 10 months ago
Our Man in Geneva: The UN is bigger – but not better – than you think.
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations in New York is often a high-profile figure. Think of Nikki Haley, John Bolton, Jeane Kirkpatrick — or, goin…
5 years, 10 months ago
Ron Dermer on Israel in a Changing Middle East
Ambassador Ron Dermer has been Israel’s ambassador to the United States since 2013 – not an uneventful period for Israel, America and the Middle East…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Kasparov Defense
Garry Kasparov is a former world chess champion, a former Russian dissident and democracy leader, and a current human rights activist. He’s founded a…
6 years ago