America First

Trump’s appeal rests with an idea that America’s leaders need to follow the decent and deeply felt ideals of their people.

The tech billionaire’s relations with President Trump could influence the administration’s China policy more than any other donor or patron. Toward the end of 2024, the SEC filed a lawsuit...

Beijing’s state media recently published an article drawing attention to Washington’s apparent plans to use Australia as a “beachhead” for the looming Indo-Pacific war. Besides missing the strategic context of...

The Trump administration’s greatest achievements were in foreign policy. Though manifested by presidential gut instinct, rather than bureaucratic mastery, ‘America First’ as practiced was the appropriate response to America’s shrinking...

Does the American public desire a continued engagement in international affairs or instead a greater focus on domestic issues? In light of complicated global events, such as the Russian invasion...

IN SOME respects, the Russo-Ukrainian War has brought the United States back to the future. Once again, America finds itself confronting two aggressive major powers. Yet unlike during the Cold...

SINCE 1989 the United States has had an almost perfect record of winning wars and losing the peace—or failing to achieve peace in the first place. The scorecard begins not...

“I think it’s ridiculous that we are focused on this border in Ukraine. I got to be honest with you, I don’t really care what happens to Ukraine one way...

“He praised dictators” is an oft-repeated criticism of President Donald Trump. He sure did. In the service of America’s national interest, so did all other American presidents. One should rather...

There are no forever wars, war is forever or at least until such time as U.S. adversaries cease to challenge us or, as Abraham Lincoln suggested, we make friends of...

Restraint, a conception of statecraft, challenges principles that have shaped U.S. foreign policy for decades. Counterattacks are therefore unsurprising. They may even be a compliment, however inadvertent. The latest critique, by John...

No matter the outcome of Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the Republican Party must now decide whether to maintain or abandon Trump-era policies during the Biden administration. Among them is Trump’s...