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Ignoring the Balkans -- and the Soros agenda -- at our peril
A recent tour of the Balkans proved a potent reminder once again of the importance of this region to U.S. and Western policymakers. The Balkans are steeped in history and very much in the middle of today's geopolitical great game. We ignore the area at our peril.
Soros' misguided agenda spells misery for Albania reform
Justice reform sounded like a good idea in Albania, which like many former communist countries, is dealing with the hangover from a decades-long legacy of corruption.
U.S. sanctions red line doesn't stop at Russia
Russia is an adversary, but they are not threatening the very existence of the United States. China is. Iran is. North Korea was.
How to destroy a society
If I wanted to destroy an enemy society, and had a long-term focus, wanted to do it stealthily, and effectively, to make the society destroy itself and the ability to defend itself, I would do the following:
Turkey hasn't been a U.S. ally for some time
Turkey is not an ally. Turkey has not been an ally of the West for a long time. Turkey is a corrupt, Islamist regime that cannot be trusted to defend the alliance, at least not until there is a leadership and political change in-country.
No longer mighty -- dollar's days as top dog are numbered
As Congress and the Trump administration announce sanctions and tariffs on just about every country in the world, it should be noted that this will be the last time the U.S. can use its hegemony over global financial markets to achieve foreign policy goals.
Trump reverses China's ZTE tariff; details still murky, motivation is clear
There have been many theories behind the president's decision to reverse sanctions against Chinese telecom giant ZTE, and allow it to survive and deal with American companies.
On Iran, Trump must be strong where Obama was weak
The Western media have made a big deal about the threat from Vladimir Putin's Russia. But as I've written before, even though it could, it's not Moscow that is threatening to destroy the United States and Israel. It's Iran.
The partisan Mueller prosecutions
Special counsel Robert Mueller is going after a group in Washington. They have one single crime. They are Trump Republicans.
When it comes to Trump-Russia, just the facts please
I've written many times before about how you have to look at the consequences of a politician's actions and policies to judge his priorities, not his oratory.
Because baseball All-Stars, games can unite people
Major League Baseball brings its annual summer All-Star classic to our nation's capital this week.
The best prosecution bribery can buy
Imagine for a moment that Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's attorney, went to witnesses in the Mueller special investigation and said, "The president will give you (fill in the blank), if you will give evidence and testify favorably for the president."
Shameless Iran, tone-deaf Europe and the death knell for the regime in Tehran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to European capitals went forward this week, despite the brazen incident, in a bid to save the 2015 nuclear accord with Europe and the lucrative business deals Tehran hopes go along with it.
For Iranian exiles, Trump's hard line pays off
This Saturday, some 100,000 Iranian exiles will descend on Paris for the annual Free Iran Gathering, sponsored by the National Council of Resistance of Iran. The delegates are gathering at a time when every measure of the coming end of the Iranian regime is moving in the right direction -- in numbers, effectiveness, attention and even the gravitas of the speakers.
John McCain and the IRS: Never forget
In the summer of 2014, the Congressional Tea Party caucus held a meeting on Capitol Hill and invited the leaders of about 20 Tea Party groups. The meeting was to discuss strategy. As the meeting wound down, the door to the meeting room opened and in came Sen. John McCain.
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The Trump-Putin summit: What is the agenda?
It seems that U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will finally meet for a formal summit in July, probably in Austria or another European country.
Israel then and now shows power of a good defense and a strong wall
Take it from one who has just been there: For all the media hand-wringing and pro-Palestinian forces at the U.N. and in Europe, Israel is stronger than ever.
Beirut airport a smuggling point for Hezbollah
According to reports, the Lebanese are corrupting the Beirut airport and facilitating the smuggling of weapons and drugs, and enabling the transition of pro-Iranian fighters to other countries from the civil wars in the Middle East.
How and why Trump got it so right about Jerusalem
Anyone who has visited the Temple Mount in the center of the old city of Jerusalem in the last decade must acknowledge the obvious: Jerusalem is the indisputable capital of Israel.
