It’s a defeat for Russia and Iran, and it offers openings for Trump. Source: After the Fall of Syria’s Assad – WSJ

By: The Editors – nationalreview.com – December 8, 2024 It’s difficult to shed any tears about the fall of an evil dictator. But our hopes for a new Syria will be tempered by trepidation. In a stunning turn of events, Bashar al-Assad’s Syrian regime has collapsed. As rebel groups celebrated in the streets of Damascus and tore down large posters...

The Trump administration is expected to take a strong stance against dictatorships in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, with a focus on promoting peace through strength and ensuring democracy in the …

The election of President Donald Trump is welcome news. Yet, while Americans have rightly been focused on the election and its aftermath, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has not been idle.

By: Noah Rothman – nationalreview.com – November 12, 2024 His early personnel choices indicate his incoming administration would be willing to use sticks as well as carrots to deal with Russia. It’s axiomatic that personnel is policy. That can be overstated, but Donald Trump’s cabinet picks do provide us with some clues about how his next administration will govern. What is...

From enthusiasm from Israel’s leader to thinly veiled anxiety from some of America’s oldest European allies, foreign reaction to Trump’s election victory is rolling in fast.

By: Sarah Arnold – townhall.com – November 10, 2024 President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election in a sweeping victory because of the promises he made to fix America that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris unraveled.  The first thing Americans want Trump to fix is immigration. A post-election survey from Ipsos and Reuters found that 25 percent...

Time for a little history lesson so that people know what we’re dealing with, and have been dealing with – more or less – since 1979.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 23, 2024 His policies have encouraged the advance of U.S. adversaries across the globe. It is a far more dangerous world than Mr. Biden inherited, and far less congenial for U.S. interests, human freedom and democracy. The latter is tragically ironic since the President has made the global contest between democracy and...

A Middle East expert warned Israel’s pager attacks that left thousands of people injured could be the first part of a pre-planned invasion of southern Lebanon. Source: Israel on brink of ‘full-scale invasion’ of southern Lebanon – World News – News – Daily Express US