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India-Pakistan: Terror, Nukes and Reunion? May. 07, 2025
In a column written this past February, I listed four unsettled wars "frozen" under a nuclear shadow... Read More
Will the Empires Strike Back in 2025? Jan. 01, 2025
Donald Trump has won the American presidency twice while vowing to make America great again. He's no... Read More
Demography Destiny, for Us and China Jul. 24, 2023
One way to win a war is to let your opponent commit suicide. Americans have a habit of thinking abou... Read More
No, America Does Not Owe the World Climate 'Reparations' Dec. 06, 2022
I've made the case in previous columns that the climate change movement is mostly a climate change h... Read More
America When India Dies May. 14, 2021
"You know why COVID is killing everybody in India?" the guy said to me, taking his attention off the... Read More
COVID-19's Big Fat Non-Surprise Mar. 12, 2021
"A Covid Mystery" proclaimed a New York Times newsletter. "Why has the death toll been relatively lo... Read More
India's Naval Exercise Indicates Trump Administration's China Policy Improved Indo-Pacific Security Nov. 05, 2020
Perhaps in five years, an honest historian will publish an honest history assessing the positive dip... Read More
India's Naval Exercise Indicates Trump Administration's China Policy Improved Indo-Pacific Security Nov. 04, 2020
Perhaps in five years, an honest historian will publish an honest history assessing the positive dip... Read More
Can We Coexist with Asia's Communists? Jun. 19, 2020
Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met for seven hours at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii wit... Read More
Scenarios for a China-India Himalayan War Jun. 10, 2020
Everyone who wants to prevent nuclear war and expand economic opportunity should demand China's dict... Read More
Short Takes on Badly Named Streets and Badly Informed Federal Staffers Nov. 04, 2019
Naming Rights The last thing the St. Louis region needs is to continue offering accolades to a team ... Read More
How Not to Score a Goal in the Global Trade War Jul. 04, 2019
President Donald Trump likes to keep score. Well, here's a score for him: America, zero; while the r... Read More
SecDef Mattis and India's Sitharaman Conduct Meaningful Public Diplomacy Dec. 12, 2018
The SecDef's crafted statement was simultaneously a nuanced appeal to an ally and a harsh siren warn... Read More
Katy Tur, France's Riots and Panic Mode Dec. 07, 2018
NBC's Katy Tur, responding to an article in the New Yorker about climate, looked into the camera and... Read More
To Deter China, India Joins the 'Nuclear Triad' Club Nov. 14, 2018
On Nov. 5, India announced that its first domestically made nuclear powered submarine, the INS Ariha... Read More
Losers Blame the Voters Mar. 17, 2018
On Nov. 4, 2008, American voters faced the happy task of choosing between two popular presidential n... Read More
Hillary's Hateful Harangue Mar. 16, 2018
Hillary Clinton's abhorrent remarks in Mumbai, India, last week warrant our attention because, like ... Read More
The Unsettled Feb. 07, 2018
Some people are rolling stones. I ran into a friend at a dance performance who had recently returned... Read More
Trump and the Forever War in Afghanistan Aug. 24, 2017
"One did not have to be a lunatic or a particularly despondent visionary to conceive quite seriously... Read More
Corner Store Fourth of July Jul. 10, 2017
On the Fourth of July, I was very American. I had the day off, and I barbecued in my front yard. I c... Read More
