New energy dynamics: The decline of OPEC, the rise of the US—and of the Eastern Mediterranean
As global commerce reemerges from the pandemic, new patterns of energy consumption, supply, and sourcing are becoming clear. Some are...
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History lesson – Biden is Obama 3.0 on embracing Jihadists
"Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!" An unforgettable line from the classic movie Patton. George C. Scott, in the...
‘Strategic confusion’ in Afghanistan
Special inspector general says “every agency experienced annual lobotomies” for 20 years. A new inspector general report eviscerates the entire...
The US military forgot the lessons of Vietnam in Afghanistan and Iraq
Kabul has fallen. American foreign policy and military doctrine are in disarray. But it didn’t have to be this way. After Vietnam, the...
The price of Biden’s betrayal
It took a couple of days for US President Joe Biden to interrupt his vacation at Camp David and address...
Afghanistan evacuation nightmare should be a wake-up call
The Biden Administration’s April 14th announcement of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan prior to the twentieth anniversary of September 11, 2001...
What happens in Afghanistan doesn’t stay in Afghanistan
George Orwell wrote ‘the quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.’ The Biden administration tried that idea...
A collective NSC has to replace Biden as a singular commander in chief
Some of President Joe Biden's much-touted interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos was edited away, apparently because Biden was obstreperous and...
The Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan: A win for Russia, China and Iran?
Tehran, Doha, Moscow, and Beijing are profiting from the collapse of the Afghan government. Bad actors are lining up to...
Biden and Harris must be impeached for endangering US national security
Like many Trump supporters who agreed with President Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, I knew it was...
It was (Vice-President) Joe Biden who lost Afghanistan
It has been said that victory has many fathers, but defeat is an orphan. America’s defeat in Afghanistan has many...
The ironical end of the war in Afghanistan
Without the airpower the US Air Force mostly hates, the rapid collapse of Afghanistan was inevitable There is a great...
Seizing on US weakness, China warns Taiwan US will not defend them
Seizing the opportunity presented by the Biden administration’s abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban, on Monday, following the fall of...
The arsenal of democracy no more
President Joe Biden’s handlers and supporters portray him as a new Franklin Delano Roosevelt. If he were, he would continue President Donald...
COVID-19 is a gift to unscrupulous politicians
The US has never been as divided as it is today, as is evident from the violence that permeates any...
Samsung: A temporary reprieve, but still in Moon’s crosshairs
South Korean President Moon Jae-in will let Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong out of prison on Aug. 13. Lee’s case...