It is long past time for the United States to shift the burden of European security to Europeans.
Tag: NATO
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Shaping a Post-War Iran
A plan for de-escalation that secures the administration’s early wins is in the best interest of all parties—including the saner elements in Iran.
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Trump’s Foreign Policy Is a Return to Hobbesian Reality
In the affairs of nations, the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must.
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Canada’s Mark Carney: A Second-String PM … or Governor?
Mark Carney’s bluster can’t change the fact that his nation is reaching an inflection point from which no miracle seems likely to help it recover.
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America Should Embrace the Idea of a Rearmed Germany
A Berlin-Washington duopoly remains the only stable balancing coalition in Europe, and only Germany can help the U.S. in burden-shifting.
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The Winter of Italian Content Is Deceptive
The stability defining Giorgia Meloni’s government is deceptively reassuring, as the calm it produces prevents Italians from tackling their most nagging problems: immigration and low birthrates.
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Canada Should Warm to Trump’s Arctic Plans
Canada cannot expect Americans to be complacent about waters it claims but cannot secure when Russia and China are eager to step in.
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The Maduro Operation Revealed Trump the Realist
The Trump administration’s action in Venezuela shows that sentimental appeals to international law have no place in American foreign policy.
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Andrzej Duda’s Decade of Collapsing Polish Sovereignty
In his 10 years in office, Duda’s leadership has left Poland a frontline state that can’t play its own game.
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The U.S. Should Ban More Eurolosers Like Thierry Breton
European whining about visa bans should embolden the Trump administration to go further in enforcing America First policies.
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The Art of the Deal, Russia-Ukraine Style
Trump, the sober and emotionally detached realist, stands a better chance of making peace than his ideologically inclined White House predecessor.
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The Cure for Trump Derangement Syndrome? Success!
Trump’s approval now surpasses that of both George W. Bush and Barack Obama at this stage of their second terms and only shows signs of growing stronger.
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A Territorial Lease Agreement Could End the War in Ukraine
A territorial lease approach may be the most face-saving solution for all parties involved in the Ukrainian quagmire.
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Grading the Second Trump Presidency, Six Months In
Trump’s second administration is off to a strong, and fast, start because Trump has learned to seize the day.
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Other Presidents Complained, But Trump Made NATO Step Up
Trump has accomplished what other presidents only dreamed about regarding NATO commitments.
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Poland at the Crossroads Between America and Brussels
Polish voters face a strategic and civilizational decision about their country’s future.
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Why the Right Likes Russia
A growing faction of the American right considers Vladimir Putin the last defender of Christendom. This colors how they view the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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The Ukraine War and the End of American Superpower
The Ukraine War is a symptom of the American empire’s decline. It is time for America to untangle herself from the region and focus on her vital interests.
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The Media’s Fake Narrative on Trump’s First 100 Days
There is no reason to trust the narrative from discredited legacy media outlets that Trump is now suddenly less popular. His first 100 days have been a triumph.
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Don’t Make Ukraine Another Vietnam
In devising a practical peace, not every question of principle needs to be answered.
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Dealmaker, Peacemaker, President
President Trump understands that American foreign policy is rooted in interests before values.
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America First: Settling the War in Ukraine
In putting America first, President Trump is not aligning with Russia but with what is best for our people and the world.
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The Prime Minister Who Loved the Market Too Much
Former PM Liz Truss's book doubles as a memoir and a stale neo-Thatcherite policy paper. Her politics haven't changed much since the '90s.
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How Trump Makes Europe Stronger
Eight decades after World War II, Europe needs to invest in its own moral, material, and intellectual defense.
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Trump’s Week That Shook the World
In just a week, Trump has transformed American foreign policy as it applies to the Russia-Ukraine War and all of Europe.
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Vance in Munich and Foreign Policy Realism for the Modern World
Nationalism and realism are the way forward in the 21st century. Europe needs to get with the program.
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2024: A Chaotic Year in Review
A noteworthy year full of developments in world affairs leaves us wary of the evil they reveal, and hopeful that this evil will never triumph.
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Ninety Seconds to (Nuclear) Midnight
It is difficult to overstate the recklessness of the Biden administration in moving us closer to nuclear confrontation with Russia.
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A Global Agenda for Trump 2.0
It is strange that pundits routinely accuse Trump of being unpredictable on foreign affairs. In fact, during this year’s campaign, he has made a series of statements related to the pressing global issues which are fairly clear and reasonable.
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Return of the War Nerds
As the MAGA political realignment consolidates its power within the GOP, the neocons view the Democratic Party as the best vehicle for their policies.
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The Meaning of Kursk
The Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk territory is unlikely to change the outcome of the war in Ukraine. The refusal to see that is only prolonging Ukraine’s misery.
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Trumpism Has a Future Now
Donald Trump has secured a future for Trumpism by picking J. D. Vance as his running mate. Trump has ensured that Trumpism will not only be about Trump.
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The Laboratory of the Apocalypse
America’s “collective West” is plagued with serious neuroses. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán recently provided a compelling summary.
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Germany Encapsulates the West’s Totalitarian Drift
The recent totalitarian drift in Germany shows what happens when Western people cannot suppress the nagging doubt that they are not morally responsible actors but unquestioning consumers of predigested choices.
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Kamala Harris—In Her Own Words
The lowlights of Kamala Harris’s political rhetoric are quite remarkable.
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Neocon Pitfalls for Trump 2.0
Former Trump advisor Robert C. O’Brien began campaigning for a spot in the next Trump admin by penning an unhinged neocon manifesto. Unfortunately, O’Brien may soon find his way into the second Trump admin.
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Switzerland’s Ukraine Peace Summit Was a Call for Continued War
Western demands aired at last week’s peace summit on the Russia-Ukrainian War were but the unrealistic wish list of the Biden administration and its most hawkish European cohorts.
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Transnational Injustice
The International Criminal Court is a political court, no less than the one which convicted Donald Trump in New York.
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The Spring of the West’s Disorder
A series of unfortunate events this spring have revealed a West that does not respect itself and, therefore, cannot command the respect of others.
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Polemics & Exchanges: May 2024
Chronicles contributors and readers tussle over Japanese culture, slavery, and NATO!
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Wars, Rumors, and Geopolitical Logic
When nations put ideology before real-world geopolitics in formulating grand strategy they embark upon a sure path to failure.
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Nationalists of the World, Unite?
If there's going to be any democracy in the 21st century—in America, Europe, Israel or anywhere—there must be nations and nationalists willing to stand for them.
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Foreign Policy Splits the Parties
When it comes to foreign policy America’s two political parties are split—not so much against each other—but against themselves.
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George Kennan: A Great and Good Man
The results of rejecting Kennan’s counsel have been disastrous, and the ongoing failure to draw upon his wisdom is a tragedy.
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Pulling the Plug on NATO
Every pro-NATO argument is really an argument for its abolition—in the eyes of America's patriotic realists.
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An Obsolete Alliance Turns 75
NATO has undermined the security of its members and created enemies that, in turn, justify further NATO interference in an increasingly unstable “security environment.”
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A Letter from Switzerland: Alpine Redoubt Stays Neutral
Switzerland provides a model for a morally neutral foreign policy based on pragmatic interests rather than “defining values” and self-proclaimed exceptionality. Americans need to learn from the Swiss.
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The Swamp Boils at the Thought of Trump Leaving NATO
Now that Trump is the likely frontrunner in the next presidential election, Washington is forced to envision the possibility that he intends to curtail America’s commitments overseas.
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War in Ukraine: U.S. Analysts Sink to New Depths
The topic of Ukraine brings once-reputable journals and senior analysts down to the level of propagandistic hacks. A particularly egregious example was recently published in an online edition of Foreign Policy.
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The Russian Conundrum
It is in the American interest to avoid the risk of direct intervention in Ukraine regardless of the course of the war because neither the security nor the prosperity of the United States depends upon its outcome.