After Sixty Days Biden Is Drifting Into Surrealism
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun | March 27, 2021
https://www.nysun.com/national/after-first-60-days-biden-is-drifting-into/91459/
By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun | March 27, 2021
https://www.nysun.com/national/after-first-60-days-biden-is-drifting-into/91459/
A Storm Over the American Republic by Guy Millièr
A Taiwan Crisis May Mark the End of the American Empire
By Niall Ferguson via Bloomberg
Niall Ferguson warns of China’s capability of overtaking Taiwan in the near term. He explains that the United States’ commitment to Taiwan has grown verbally stronger, even as the US has become militarily weaker relative to China in the Indo-Pacific region. He also argues that if Washington fails to deter such a crisis, it will mark the end of American predominance in Asia.
By Niall Ferguson via Bloomberg
Niall Ferguson warns of China’s capability of overtaking Taiwan in the near term. He explains that the United States’ commitment to Taiwan has grown verbally stronger, even as the US has become militarily weaker relative to China in the Indo-Pacific region. He also argues that if Washington fails to deter such a crisis, it will mark the end of American predominance in Asia.
Biden Should Ditch the Doha Deal with Taliban by Amir Taheri
Look Who’s Embracing ‘America First’ Now
Jonathan Schanzer and Mark Dubowitz — Newsweek
Countless news outlets have portrayed the nascent Biden administration’s foreign policy as rapidly pivoting away from President Donald Trump‘s much-maligned “America First” approach toward “Americans together” or “America is back,” to name just a few. The implication is that the United States will no longer prioritize its narrowly defined self-interest or pursue merely transactional deals at the expense of the greater good. Read more
Jonathan Schanzer and Mark Dubowitz — Newsweek
Countless news outlets have portrayed the nascent Biden administration’s foreign policy as rapidly pivoting away from President Donald Trump‘s much-maligned “America First” approach toward “Americans together” or “America is back,” to name just a few. The implication is that the United States will no longer prioritize its narrowly defined self-interest or pursue merely transactional deals at the expense of the greater good. Read more
The UN and the Illiberal International Order
Clifford D. May, Emma Reilly, Orde Kittrie and Richard Goldberg — FDD's Foreign Podicy
With the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1945, the United States emerged as the strongest nation on earth. But rather than emulate hegemons of the past, American leaders envisioned a new and different world order. Their goal was to organize an “international community,” establish “universal human rights,” and a growing body of “international law.” This project required new institutions, in particular the United Nations. Listen here
Clifford D. May, Emma Reilly, Orde Kittrie and Richard Goldberg — FDD's Foreign Podicy
With the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1945, the United States emerged as the strongest nation on earth. But rather than emulate hegemons of the past, American leaders envisioned a new and different world order. Their goal was to organize an “international community,” establish “universal human rights,” and a growing body of “international law.” This project required new institutions, in particular the United Nations. Listen here
Biden Risks Repeating Mistakes of the Past if He Ignores the Evidence on Iran
Richard Goldberg — The Dispatch
The U.N.’s nuclear chief on Monday all but accused Iran of lying to international inspectors about the existence of undeclared nuclear material and sites inside the country—an alarming development in an investigation that predates America’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. The statement raises an important question for the Biden administration: Will Iran be required to account for its past and present clandestine nuclear work before President Joe Biden agrees to lift U.S. sanctions? Read more
Richard Goldberg — The Dispatch
The U.N.’s nuclear chief on Monday all but accused Iran of lying to international inspectors about the existence of undeclared nuclear material and sites inside the country—an alarming development in an investigation that predates America’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. The statement raises an important question for the Biden administration: Will Iran be required to account for its past and present clandestine nuclear work before President Joe Biden agrees to lift U.S. sanctions? Read more
What Red Line Tells Us About Syria’s Chemical Weapons
David Adesnik – The National Interest
David Adesnik – The National Interest
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