American foreign policy
America’s Yeltsin moment
The end of the Cold War was as great a shock to US politics as it was to the Soviet Union’s. The…
Are we back in the Obama White House?
Like most Greek stories, the tale of Pandora’s box is fraught with ambiguity. Most of us, when we first encounter the story,…
The fight for liberalism
The world has many island nations, and sometimes the United States counts itself among them. We have water on either side of us,…
The never-ending smugness of the NeverTrumpers
In March 2016 as Donald Trump looked likely to be the Republican party’s nominee to run for president, more than 100 foreign…
Biden should embrace Britain’s new Indo-Pacific strategy
While final negotiations on the UK’s relationship with the EU continue to drag, No. 10 is moving rapidly to expand…
What to expect from a Biden-Harris foreign policy
It’s of course premature to even speculate as to how the new administration will fashion a foreign policy. But enough…
The next American empire
Americans have never been sure of their standing in the world, and the world has never been sure of Americans’…
The wars go on
America’s longest war has just entered its 20th year. The US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 to overthrow the Taliban…
Joe Biden’s endless wars
In just over a week, the Empire hopes to strike back. Joe Biden personifies the foreign policy of endless war…
The real reason for Pope Francis’s disgraceful Pompeo snub
Why did Pope Francis refuse to meet Secretary Pompeo in Rome this week? The obvious answer is that he didn’t…
A warning letter from the niece of Osama bin Laden
Dear America, Two-hundred-and-forty-four years ago, the resolve, courage, and wisdom of your Founding Fathers forever changed the course of history.…
Pompeo: Biden will give ‘hundreds of billions of dollars to a theocratic, corrupt regime’
Washington DC Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Monday that if Joe Biden wins the November elections, an incoming…
After Trump, the reckoning
As voters prepare to pass judgment on Donald Trump’s presidency in November, they might want to entertain a few counterfactuals.…
Trump’s troop move is a 21st-century strategy
Why should the United States prop up the defense of Germany, the richest country in Europe — and against Russia,…
What is the US Navy doing in the Persian Gulf?
American alliances and security commitments tend to live on long after the world has changed. Many of our far flung…
Global warning: 2020 Dems are floundering on foreign policy
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. What would a Michael Bloomberg foreign policy look like? A…
Tony Judt: a man of paradox who made perfect sense
Tony Judt was not only a great historian, he was also a great essayist and commentator on international politics. Few…
Cowboys and Muslims: that’s the new global power struggle, according to the latest great American novel
‘I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: if you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.’ When ‘The…
