Alliances

Gorbachev was different from all his predecessors. He knew how cruel the Soviet system was.

The connection between al Qaeda and Iran was hardly recognized until the discovery of documents in Bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan

The United States are not prepared for a cold war with China over Taiwan, yet to avoid it, America needs to start acting as if they were already upon them, and learn from the last one.

Ukraine’s actions have been broadly reflective of the desire to protect innocents and to stop the military aggressor that is killing innocents through indiscriminate strikes.

Tassos Isaak and Solomos Solomou were killed by Turkish Invaders. They should be honored.

Biden fears escalation; this plays into the hands of Putin, the former KGB operative, who exploits the West’s moral weakness with both cunning and barbarism.

Troubling distortions from the right wing outlet The Epoch Times on the Ukrainian Invasion.

Some America First Republicans are nearly indistinguishable from the standard fare retreaters we were served from the “Blame America First” leftists of the Cold War.

Appeasement is an incentivizing force behind Turkey’s pursuit of strategic autonomy and extortion.