Foreign Policy

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The most important lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis

Let’s hope Putin and Biden both understand how not to give way to passions.

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What would a US war with China look like?

The consequences of such a conflict would spread globally, with much greater impact than the Russo-Ukraine war.

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JOHN KIRIAKOU: The Arms-Swapper

Antony Blinken has been foraging around for Russian weapons for Ukraine. He even asked Cyprus.

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Special Council John Durham’s Failed Investigation of the Plot against President Trump

I never expected anything to come out of Special Council John Durham’s “investigation” of Russiagate, the attempt by the CIA, FBI, and Democrat Party to frame President Trump as a Russian agent, and nothing has come out of it.

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NATO Set To Kick Off Nuclear War Games on Monday

Alliance head Jens Stoltenberg says canceling the games would send the “wrong signal”

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The dangers of letting blustery rhetoric dictate US policy in Ukraine

If the Biden team really views the war as a protracted stalemate, as has been reported, why isn’t it pushing for a settlement?

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The Thin Red Line: NATO Can’t Afford to Lose Kabul and Kiev

Let’s start with Pipelineistan. Nearly seven years ago, I showed how Syria was the ultimate Pipelineistan war.

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Biden’s ‘schizophrenic’ National Security Strategy

The White House says we need international cooperation, but still wants to decide who’s in or out of the global club.

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On the contrary, the Cuban Missile Crisis

The US is not interested in striking a balance

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Relentless: JFK on Cuba; Putin on Ukraine

Biden did well to cite the Cuban missile crisis of 1962 and compare it to the 2022 crisis in Ukraine. The analogy is apt; whether the President understands the important implications is not so clear. Suffice it to say that in each case, one major power saw an existential threat and was willing to risk nuclear war to thwart it.