Russia is told to decide between de-escalation and diplomacy, or confrontation and consequences.

By: Seth Cropsey – wsj.com – January 4, 2022 A crisis may be imminent in Ukraine as Vladimir Putin gathers troops on the Russian border for a possible invasion. American policy makers have also begun focusing on a potential conflict in Taiwan, one that is coming to a boil more slowly. But American statesmen ought to understand: These events can’t be viewed...

The Chinese government claims that the nation of 1.4 billion people has had . . . nine Omicron cases so far.

The 2022 Winter Olympics are scheduled to begin just a little over a month from now.

The pandemic has left developing countries vulnerable to tilting further into China’s sphere of influence. The U.S. can’t let that happen.

The U.S. must never abdicate or duck the responsibility to use its influence and the leverage it does have to advocate forcefully for prisoners of conscience and to press for human rights reform.

By: By Andrew A. Michta – wsj.com – December 14, 2021 The risk of confrontation between the U.S. and China is greater than it has been in decades, and a broader war, triggered by a Chinese action against Taiwan, is a possibility. In “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?” (2017), Graham Allison likened the situation to...

Could the U.S. become embroiled in another two-front war if Russia invades Ukraine and China invades Taiwan?

Neocons and Republican hawks such as the late John McCain sought to bring Ukraine and two other ex-Soviet republics, Georgia and Moldova, into NATO.

Face to face for over two hours, President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin squared off in a secure video call Tuesday as the U.S. president put Moscow on notice that an invasion of Ukraine would bring sanctions and enormous harm to the Russian economy.