America still won’t risk a war with Russia over Ukraine
Anybody who thought this week’s intense diplomacy between American, European, and Russian officials would magically resolve the ongoing crisis in…
America has few good options in Haiti
Haiti has never been known as a beacon of stability and tranquility. Most of its politicians are feckless, in league…
The Taliban learn just how hard governing Afghanistan is
For the first time in two decades, and arguably for the first time since the late 1970s, there is a…
Biden stole Donald Trump’s foreign policy
When President Donald Trump in 2020 signed a trade deal with China after years of escalatory tariffs, then-presidential candidate Joe…
Congress’s defense budget is pure madness
The United States Congress is divided on pretty much everything these days. But there is one agenda item that traditionally…
Biden’s big UN whopper
President Joe Biden walked into the grand UN General Assembly chamber this morning with a list of asks, an appeal…
Will Biden deal with the Taliban?
When President Joe Biden tapped longtime aide Antony Blinken to be his secretary of state last November, Blinken landed his…
Congress got mad about Afghanistan 20 years too late
Nearly a week after the last American C-17 flew out of Kabul, the Biden administration remains in the middle of…
Can Iran's 'butcher' president make peace with the Saudis?
It’s official: after eight years of a relatively pragmatic administration, Iran is now under new management. Ebrahim Raisi, a disciple…
George Bush's attack on Joe Biden's Afghan strategy is hard to take
The world doesn’t hear a lot from George W. Bush these days. The former president of the United States has…
Why the Biden-Putin summit wasn't a waste of time
The meeting between U.S. president Joe Biden and Russian president Vladimir Putin in Geneva started cordially enough. A quick handshake, toothy smiles…
Can Biden bring relations with Russia back from the brink?
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov delivered a depressing assessment on the state of U.S.-Russia relations earlier this month. While holding…
Biden's backhanded bid to kill Nord Stream 2
Washington, D.C. is universally known as a town divided, a place where compromise and dialogue are often sacrificed at the…
America's Russian sanctions are futile
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised to approach Russia and its irascible President Vladimir Putin with a new…
What the Khashoggi murder report means for US-Saudi relations
Today, after pressure from senior US lawmakers and staring at an impending statutory deadline, the Biden administration authorised the release…
Good luck to Joe Biden. He'll need it
It’s official: the inauguration is over, the speeches have been given, and political power in the United States has been…
The pro-Trump mob are trashing the Republic
Watching television news, captivated by the images of pro-Trump rioters, looters, and frankly losers storm the Capitol building in service…
Donald Trump is now the Republican party's kingmaker
As Donald Trump continues to insist that he actually won the 2020 presidential election, speculation has grown about how the…
Make America Great Again Again: Prepare for Trump 2024
Imagine Donald Trump acknowledging that he lost the election and placing a formal concession call to Joe Biden. Now imagine…
Joe Biden should prepare for gridlock
The Democratic Party was anticipating a blue wave this fall, a victory of such magnitude that Republicans would be spending…
America gets the divided election result it deserves
The 2020 U.S. presidential race was an ugly, ferocious dogfight. So it only makes sense for the contest to end…
Lame-duck Trump has plenty of time to cause trouble
Making political predictions can be about as foolhardy as walking into a Las Vegas casino and predicting success at the…
Obama's bid to make Trump a one-term president
With less than a week to go before Americans cast their ballots at polling places across the country, Donald Trump…
Joe Biden's one job in the presidential debate
Former Vice President Joe Biden had one job in tonight’s final presidential debate: tread water. Don’t get rattled. If President…
Even Trump’s friends are turning against him
If there is one word that best describes Senate Republicans in the age of Donald Trump, it’s “docile.” With the…
