Politics

Why Trump Retreated on Tariffs
Trump may be about to discover that it is easier to begin a trade war than to end it successfully.

Trump’s Intelligence Purge Is a Nightmare for National Security
President Trump’s justification for sweeping layoffs among the top brass of intelligence and military agencies raises serious questions, particularly when loyalty appears to be defined less by allegiance to the...

Ukraine Has a Resource Far More Valuable Than Minerals
The Ukrainian military could become a truly devoted and grateful military ally for the United States for years to come.

U.S. Pushes Back Against South Africa’s Anti-American Diplomacy
South Africa appears to have little interest in making friends in Washington. Pretoria’s dumpster fire diplomacy with the United States continues. In the span of a week, South Africa had...

To Save Ukraine, Trump Needs to Think Bigger
Ukraine’s security future must be integrated into Europe’s, and squarely into the process of refashioning the U.S.-Russian relationship.

Why Ukrainians Won’t Give Up
Just as America is the land of the free, so is Ukraine. Freedom is the highest value in Ukraine.

To End the Ukraine War, Trump Should Think Like Ike
If Trump can channel Eisenhower on Ukraine, he will be able to claim that he has achieved the peace “deal of the century.”

Troy Meink: Elon Musk’s Man in the Pentagon?
President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of the Air Force deserves scrutiny for his close ties to Elon Musk—one of the Pentagon’s largest contractors.

Restoring U.S. Nuclear Energy Leadership
America once led the charge in nuclear energy, but the superpower has fallen behind in the twenty-first century. America now has the chance to reclaim former successes

Trim Embassies. Don’t Close Them.
U.S. embassies are indispensable and should be maintained wherever possible, but intelligently focused trimming is still possible. The Department of State is determining how to reduce American diplomatic and consular...

Why Dissolving RFE/RL and VoA is a Major Geopolitical Blunder
If you want to find real warfighters in America’s history, RFE/RL’s and VoA’s journalists perfectly fit the definition.

Kharkiv: A Dispatch from Ukraine’s Bastion of Resistance
The scars of war are everywhere in Kharkiv but residents remain undeterred.