Marked for a British soldier serving in NATO’s enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group in Tapa, Estonia, in March. Photo: BENOIT TESSIER / REUTERS The Americans understand that an attack on one ally in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an attack on all. If Russia bombed Warsaw, Washington would be obliged to help it. But … Read more
Billions of dollars in Iranian support and a threatening military media machine have enabled Hezbollah, a creature of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards, to dominate Lebanese politics and wage war as if it were a state. This has brought the country to economic disaster, but it has encouraged a new wave of activists determined to change … Read more
There’s something wrong with President Joe Biden, and everyone knows it. Last week, Biden was asked if his administration would consider delaying the end of Section 42, a pandemic immigration restriction that allows for the rapid deportation of migrants illegally crossing our border in the name of stopping the circulation of COVID. 19. The bite … Read more
(Bloomberg Opinion) – Russia may increase domestic energy consumption and increase exports to new markets after some “unfriendly” countries rejected Russian oil. This is what President Vladimir Putin says. It sounds simple, but it will be much tougher in practice when the next wave of restrictions on Moscow’s oil trade begins. So far, there has … Read more
As U.S. body politics shattered over the past decade, some dedicated men and women worked to keep left and right together. This week we are mourning one of these leaders. “Senate gentleman” and one of the most prolific lawmakers in American history, Senator Orrin G. Hatch, who died Saturday at the age of 88. I … Read more
The war in Ukraine, the economic and social unrest caused by China’s zero-Covid policy, the EU’s collective security and defense surveillance, and the polarization of American policy have all provoked global economic pessimism. Yet none of these factors will stagnate long-term global growth. They want to accelerate it, driven by the escalating global commitment to … Read more
If there’s anything good to come from the Walt Disney Company’s opposition to Florida’s new parental rights law, it could help expose the misleading promises of the “corporate social responsibility” movement. An editorial in a magazine notes the extremely reasonable language in the new Florida law that Disney executives cannot comply with:
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid will deliver an opinion and answer questions in Tel Aviv on April 14. Photo: jack guez / Agence France-Presse / Getty Images Israel has been condemned, both by its opponents and some of its friends, for being too neutral towards Russia after its invasion of Ukraine. One of Jerusalem’s most … Read more