From The American Conservative:Robert Farley explains why the U.S. can’t end endless wars if it pursues an aggressive China policy:The problem is straightforward: Any effort to characterize China as an existential threat to the United States necessarily implies...
From The American Conservative:Mike Pompeo is reportedly considering adding Cuba to the list of state sponsors of terrorism in another last-minute move to box in the incoming administration:State Department officials have drawn up a proposal to designate Cuba as a...
From The American Conservative:Mark Perry has written an excellent report on Lloyd Austin’s policy views. Among other things, Perry finds that Austin was strongly opposed to the Saudi-led intervention in Yemen when he was in charge of Centcom: What’s...
From The American Conservative:Mitchell Plitnick examines the Trump administration’s decision to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara:The agreement with Morocco combines the worst of both the Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain and the...
From The American Conservative:The U.N. made another appeal to the Trump administration not to designate the Houthis as a terrorist organization. The head of the World Food Program met with Pompeo to warn of the devastating effect that the designation would have on...
From The American Conservative:Last week, I said that there was still a danger that the U.S. or Israel might launch an attack on Iranian targets before the new administration takes over. Axios reports yesterday that Israel is preparing for a possible U.S. attack on...
From The American Conservative:The U.N. Secretary-General warned last week that Yemen faces the worst famine in decades:Yemen is in imminent danger of the worst famine in decades. Without immediate action, millions of lives may be lost. I urge all those with influence...
From The American Conservative:The Trump administration is preparing to go through with the terrible idea of designating the Houthis as a terrorist organization:The Trump administration is preparing to designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi insurgents a terrorist...
From The American Conservative:Eldar Mamedov warns against the push to get the U.S. to side with Azerbaijan in their attack on Karabakh and Armenia:As fierce fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan continues into a second month, neoconservatives in Washington are...
From The American Conservative:Anatol Lieven explains how strategic empathy is supposed to work:This kind of empathy has very valuable consequences for foreign policy. It makes for an accurate assessment of another state establishment’s goals based on its own...
