Trump Betrays the Kurds and U.S. Interests in SyriaThe fall of Assad in 2024 remains one of the most positive developments in the modern history of the Middle East. At this point, however, it is clear that U.S. policy toward post-Assad Syria amounts to a combination of strategic malpractice and moral... See More »
Trumponomics and the danger of PerónismFor most critics from the left, Trump is ostensibly just another aloof Republican President who doesn’t care about the common man, who serves business interests at the expense of the common good and whose economic policies are animated by the spirit... See More »
Why the US must push for a speedy transition to democracy in VenezuelaIn the amoral political universe inhabited by Stephen Miller and Donald Trump—where democracy is appealing only insofar as it produces favorable outcomes—the transition to democracy in Venezuela, which would otherwise be a self-evident U.S.... See More »
How to turn Iran‘s protests into an era defining event for the Middle EastLast year, Israeli and US operations jointly neutralized Iran‘s nuclear program, diminished the regime‘s ballistic missile capabilities, took out the highest echelons of the country’s military and scientific leadership and removed all air defense... See More »
America‘s powerful last 4 days- Successful capture of Maduro - Interdiction of a Russian flagged dark fleet vessel in the North Atlantic despite the deployment of a Russian naval escort - Enforcement of the maritime quarantine of Venezuela through the seizure of new... See More »
Trump proposes 50% increase ($500 billion) in defense spendingThe President has had yet another of his more enlightened turnabouts. Earlier this year Russel Vought, the director of the OMB, proposed a real cut to the regular defense budget. However, after a series of highly effective deployments of the US... See More »
Neoconservatism can be found in the most unlikely placesIt is certainly ironic that the one politician who ran in implicit opposition to neoconservative ideas and policies would unwittingly take it upon himself to rejuvenate and rehabilitate some of the most crucial pillars of neoconservative doctrine.... See More »
Trump‘s weakness: Opting for the path of least resistanceMany foreign-policy actors, analysts, and ordinary people around the world remain confused about what truly drives the President’s myriad and mercurial foreign-policy decisions. A traditional observer could be forgiven for looking at the pieces of... See More »
Democrats fold in the shutdown clashOn the third of October I wrote (Quote) Well, turned out I was right, Congressional Democrats foolishly overplayed their hands, and wasted a real opportunity to gain some limited leverage over the President by demanding a critical concession that... See More »
Trump 2.0 Not all doom and gloomNo, the US is not and won’t turn into a dictatorship. I myself was worried about an imminent constitutional crisis earlier this year. Not only did it seem imaginable to me but also probable that the Trump administration would actually enforce... See More »
It‘s high time for regime change in VenezuelaI think it’s time to call it. The President of the United States is apparently finally prepared to topple the Bolivarian regime of Venezuela, if need be with military force. All diplomatic contact between Caracas and Washington via Special Envoy... See More »
Teen movie aesthetics and the decline of political cultureWhat might be the best metaphor for the decay of American political culture in the 2010s and 2020s is the change of beauty ideals in pop culture. It‘s a reflection of how tasteful, refined elegance, natural beauty and smooth lines were replaced by... See More »
What‘s worse than to “fight, fight, fight”? It’s to “fight, fight, fight” and lose.The Democratic Party is never missing an opportunity to self-sabotage their image and their influence.
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