Forged under the pressure of the Cold War in 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, is in critical condition. It has been brought to the brink of death by Donald Trump’s threat to take Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, a founding member of NATO. Trump has called acquiring Greenland […]
On November 9, The New York Times published an update on the situation with Iran’s nuclear program. The article contains some valuable material. But it also gets three important things wrong. The article badly misses the shift in relations in the region. By implying that other countries in the region are more willing to […]
The first seven months of Donald Trump’s second term as president has seen a remarkable transformation. In his inaugural address, Trump said that “My proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.” He promised to “measure our success not only by the battles we win but also by the wars […]
By Donald Trump’s transactional criterion, NATO has been a costly failure that needs fixing or needs to be cut lose. Europe has failed to pay the price and has left the U.S. with the financial and military burden of defending Europe. The war in Ukraine has proven the point. But […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has consistently insisted that the war in Ukraine “is not Trump’s war. This is a Biden war, this is a Democrat war.” But on July 14, it started to look a lot like Trump’s war, as Trump announced “billions and billions” of dollars of American military equipment to be sent […]