Wanted: A Foreign Policy of Responsibility & Limits
Marc LiVeccheJuly 29, 2016
Japan’s general election gave Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), along with its coalition partner Komeito, a majority in both Houses of the Diet. The international community now wonders if the electoral success may embolden the Prime Minister to pursue his agenda more aggressively.
Riley WaltersJuly 26, 2016
Under threat, Europe is at another crossroads. Whether NATO will help it find the right direction is an open question.
Joseph LoconteJuly 12, 2016
Despite an adamantly proclaimed right to self-defense and a proven ability to carry it out during historic conflicts like the Six-Day and Yom-Kippur Wars, the tensions in and around Israel have only seemed to worsen. Cooperation with our Judeo-Christian cousin is more crucial now than ever.
Ryan McDowellJune 23, 2016
The power of the American presidency is like none other on earth. It is a certainty that Trump’s worst vices—his crudeness, his infantile attacks on critics, personal grudges, unchecked egotism—would be magnified the day he took office. Yes, try to imagine Trump with his finger on the nuclear button without trembling.
Joseph LoconteJune 3, 2016
The lesson of the greatest generation is “Don’t repeat the mistakes of the America First Committee,” and here we are.
Gayle TrotterJune 1, 2016
The first visit to Hiroshima by a sitting US head of state reminds us that the end of war is peace
Marc LiVeccheMay 27, 2016
The United States and NATO have zero tolerance for the use of nuclear weapons and would exact a punishing response against Russian leadership and/or military facilities ensuring there would be no second strike, to put it lightly. At least, this is what the U.S. government should make Waterford-crystal-clear.
Rebeccah HeinrichsMay 23, 2016
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