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On Ukraine and on Welfare, Morale Trumps Materiel Sep. 16, 2022
Morale matters more than materiel. Again and again, experts' predictions, based on readily quantifi... Read More
Joe Biden Discovers the Realist Case for the US-Saudi Alliance Jul. 08, 2022
President Joe Biden, who faces four-decade-high inflation and record-high gasoline prices, is set to... Read More
Ukraine Suggests Dangers of the Eurasian Heartland Axis Mar. 18, 2022
"Who rules the Heartland rules the World Island. Who rules the World Island commands the world." So ... Read More
The Old Normal Gets New Appreciation Mar. 03, 2022
We were out of coffee this morning, so one of us had to do an emergency run to the "corner store." T... Read More
Are Western Democracies Tough Enough for 2022? Mar. 01, 2022
A week ago, they were programmers and teachers, baristas and farmers — and their elected leade... Read More
Has Putin Won Round One in Ukraine? Feb. 18, 2022
When NBC's Lester Holt asked President Joe Biden what might prompt him to send U.S. troops to rescue... Read More
Homage to Ukraine Feb. 10, 2022
Washington — Well, Moscow is in the news again. Russian President Vladimir Putin is irritated ... Read More
Biden's Blindness on Ukraine Fits a US Pattern Dec. 08, 2021
President Joe Biden faces many foreign policy problems, but one involving Equatorial Guinea was not ... Read More
Putin to Biden: Finlandize Ukraine, or We Will Dec. 07, 2021
Either the U.S. and NATO provide us with "legal guarantees" that Ukraine will never join NATO or bec... Read More
Playing With Fire on Russia's Borders Nov. 23, 2021
Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko has cleared out the encampment at his border crossing into ... Read More
The Aukus Treaty, 30 Years of Calm? Sep. 30, 2021
Washington — One of the unsung prophets of Aukus last week was the great British historian And... Read More
NATO's 21st-Century Value Apr. 03, 2019
On April 4, the NATO alliance turns 70. Representatives from the alliance's current 29 member nation... Read More
Trump Wants to Leave NATO? It's Not a Bad Idea Jan. 17, 2019
In our personal lives, we know that many important ties are not necessarily permanent. Friendships e... Read More
Trolling for War with Russia Jun. 21, 2016
Some 50 State Department officials have signed a memo calling on President Obama to launch air and m... Read More
What Is Democratic? Apr. 27, 2016
Having devoured the meanings of the words "establishment" and "conservative" with some fava beans an... Read More
Is Trump Right About NATO? Mar. 29, 2016
I am "not isolationist, but I am 'America First,'" Donald Trump told The New York times last weekend... Read More
