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Where US and Ukrainian War Aims Collide Oct. 18, 2022
To President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Ukraine, Crimea and the Donbas are national territories whose r... Read More
Keep Holding On Jun. 12, 2022
Dear Annie: My wife said that you would never print this letter because the subject matter was not w... Read More
The Highest Priority in Ukraine: Avoid Nuclear War Apr. 06, 2022
Ever since Russian tanks and troops poured into Ukraine, there has been a clamor for the Biden admin... Read More
It Turns Out Killing the Iran Nuclear Deal Wasn't Such a Good Idea After All Dec. 24, 2021
Even Israel's most hawkish defense officials now concede that the Trump administration's decision to... Read More
Is Trump Exiting Afghanistan -- to Attack Iran? Nov. 20, 2020
With the Pentagon's announcement that U.S. forces in Afghanistan will be cut in half — to 2,50... Read More
Deter Iran, But Don't Go to War May. 24, 2019
The Islamic Republic of Iran is an enemy of the United States. It poses a constant threat to America... Read More
Trump Appears Too Eager to Dance With North Korea's Leader Jun. 10, 2018
WASHINGTON — On the first day of June, President Donald Trump invited Kim Yong Chol, North Kor... Read More
Much Hinges on Trump in Meeting with North Korean Leader Mar. 11, 2018
WASHINGTON — They have met on Twitter, but not nose to nose. They dreamed up nicknames for eac... Read More
Too Much Tough Talk. Someone Has to Be the Adult in the Room Aug. 15, 2017
All too often, a war of words escalates into actual hostilities. The results can be disastrous, as A... Read More
Lining a Bird's Nest Aug. 14, 2017
I believe everyone should invent at least one thing before they die. It doesn't have to be a new kin... Read More
Years After Hiroshima Comes the Blah Jun. 02, 2016
WASHINGTON — I was reading a brilliant biography of former British Prime Minister Margaret Tha... Read More
Is Trump Right About NATO? Mar. 29, 2016
I am "not isolationist, but I am 'America First,'" Donald Trump told The New York times last weekend... Read More
Something Wicked This way Comes Dec. 06, 2013
World War II seemed to be a great, earth-shaking event in the West. Old powers, already crumbling fr... Read More
Trust But Verify: Missing in 2013 Nov. 27, 2013
A Russian folk proverb, translated as "trust, but verify," became one of President Ronald ... Read More
Opting for Needless 'Nuclear' War Nov. 26, 2013
Extraordinary circumstances, as the saying goes, require extraordinary measures. Memo to Harry Reid:... Read More
Our Fruitless Quest for Missile Defense Mar. 20, 2013
Foreign policy is often a form of theater, with elaborate rituals and pretenses that no one takes to... Read More
