Showing posts with label U.S. Foreign Policy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label U.S. Foreign Policy. Show all posts
Friday, April 19, 2024

Yaroslav Trofimov, Our Enemies Will Vanish

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At Amazon, Yaroslav Trofimov, Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine's War of Independence . #CommissionEarned
Thursday, July 20, 2023

The Political Rise of Ultra-Orthodox Jews Shakes Israel's Sense of Identity

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This is interesting. At the Wall Street Journal , " Fast-growing group of religious conservatives allies with Netanyahu to take on Supr...

Witness Describes Moment When U.S. Army Private Travis King Crossed the Demilitarized Line Into North Korea (VIDEO)

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Following-up, " U.S. Army Soldier in North Korean Custody After Crossing Border 'Voluntarily' ." It turns out the kid was ...
Tuesday, July 18, 2023

U.S. Army Soldier in North Korean Custody After Crossing Border 'Voluntarily'

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This is really bizarre. I'm still figuring out this story.  At the Wall Street Journal , " U.S. Soldier Held in North Korea After C...
Sunday, May 21, 2023

Russia Retakes Bakhmut (VIDEO)

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At the Wall Street Journal , " Bakhmut Is Largely Under Russian Control, Says Ukrainian General ": Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskiy say...
Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Luke Harding, Invasion

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At Amazon, Luke Harding, Invasion: The Inside Story of Russia's Bloody War and Ukraine's Fight for Survival .
Sunday, April 9, 2023

Xi Jinping Says He Is Preparing China for War

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From John Pomfret and Matt Pottinger​, at Foreign Affairs , " The World Should Take Him Seriously ": Chinese leader Xi Jinping say...
Tuesday, February 28, 2023

The War Is Right And Just. But Is It Prudent?

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From Andrew Sullivan, " A year later, the end-game of the war in Ukraine is dangerously murky ": There are so many ways in which t...

What the War in Ukraine Has Revealed About Nuclear Weapons

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From Nina Tannenwald, at Foreign Affairs , " The Bomb in the Background ": In a major speech this week, Russian President Vladimir...
Monday, February 6, 2023

Chinese Air Balloon Exposes America's Humiliation (VIDEO)

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Background at WSJ , " U.S. Air Defenses Failed to Spot Earlier Chinese Balloon Intrusions, General Says ." And Tucker Carlson'...
Friday, February 3, 2023

Secretary of State Antony Blinken Cancels Trip to Beijing Over Chinese Spy Balloon (VIDEO)

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This is freaky cold war-level shit.  At the Wall Street Journal , " Blinken Trip to China Postponed After Suspected Spy Balloon Spotted...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Cold War II

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From Michael Lind, at the Tablet , " The U.S. is losing its economic advantage in a new era of global conflict ."
Monday, January 2, 2023

Robert Kagan, The Ghost at the Feast

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At Amazon, Robert Kagan, The Ghost at the Feast: America and the Collapse of World Order, 1900-1941 .
Thursday, December 22, 2022

Katie Pavlich: President Biden Has Yet to Answer the Question of Negotiations to End the War in Ukraine (VIDEO)

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It's diametrical opposites on Twitter this morning, with Real Conservatives ™ adamantly opposed to continued support or Zalensky and Ukr...
Wednesday, November 30, 2022

The Perpetually Irrational Ukraine Debate

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From hardcore neorealist, Stephen Walt, of Harvard's Kennedy School, at Foreign Policy , " The war continues to be discussed in way...
Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Vote for Peace, not Perpetual War, on Election Day

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At the Orange County Register , " 'Don’t Look Up,' the Academy Award-nominated film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Law...

Russia Nationalizes ExxonMobil's Holdings in Sakhalin-2 Oil and Gas Project at Sakhalin Island, Russia

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This should be front-page news everywhere.  ExxonMobil wrote down $3.4 billion relating to it's exit from the Sakalin-2 development.  I&...
Saturday, October 8, 2022

Crimea Bridge Explosion Disrupts Crucial Supply Route for Russian Forces (VIDEO)

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At the video, just after 10 seconds, the car was spared a direct hit, but the blast-shrapnel ignited the gas tank and blew up the vehicle. P...
Saturday, September 24, 2022

Louise Mensch on Putin's War

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From September 16th, on Twitter : 1/ I don’t think this war, or Putin, are going to make it to next summer. in case you haven’t been paying...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

'A Brutal, Needless War ... Chosen by One Man': Biden, at United Nations, Slams Putin's Invasion of Ukraine (VIDEO)

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Following-up, " Putin Orders Draft of Reservists for War in Ukraine, Threatens Nuclear Response ." At the Los Angeles Times , &quo...