The NATO envoy is brilliant, accomplished, and respected so, of course, the Trump administration canned her.
NATO
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
Europe’s Rude Awakening
Even with the announcement about resuming military aid to Kyiv, Trump’s abandonment of Ukraine has Europe vowing strategic autonomy, but ending its military dependence on Washington won’t be easy.
Posted inRussia’s War on Ukraine
How Ukraine Can Survive Without America
The European Union has the means to stop Russian aggression—if it has the will
Posted inPolitics
Donald Trump and the End of American Global Leadership
Once ‘the indispensable nation,’ the U.S. is now just another squabbling player in an unstable world
Posted inFeatured, Main
Trump Provokes Fear in the Western Alliance
Trump’s Phone Call to Putin About Ukraine Provokes Fear in the Western Alliance: Whatever happens in Russia’s war on Ukraine, there is trouble ahead between Washington and its European allies.
Posted inPolitics
As Ukraine Fights, Echoes of Historic Meetings in Yalta and Helsinki Abound
Some 80 years ago, Roosevelt and Churchill were at their meeting with Stalin. Thirty years later, the Helsinki Accords helped doom the Iron Curtain. Here’s what we can learn on their anniversaries.
Posted inMagazine
America Is Already Great Again
Don’t let doomsayers like Donald Trump fool you. On every meaningful metric of national strength, the United States under Joe Biden is a rising power—and we have the economic means and necessary alliances to meet our gravest challenges.
Posted inMagazine
Why Can’t America Build Enough Weapons?
The debasement of the U.S. defense industrial base began, ironically, under Ronald Reagan, and won’t be reversed until we abandon the free-market fundamentalism he introduced.
Posted inJuly/August 2024
NATO Joe
Biden wields Reagan-like power abroad, while dismantling Reagan’s policies at home.
Posted inPolitics
Trump, DeSantis Say They Just Want Peace in Ukraine. Don’t Fall for It.
Like Charles Lindbergh and the original “America First” crowd, they love what the authoritarians are selling.
