James Snell is a widely published writer and a senior advisor on Special Initiatives at the New Lines Institute. Just last month, there stood United States President Joe Biden, fist bumping Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who the U.S. intelligence community says approved the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. It wasn’t a…
A peculiar cognitive dissonance seems to have taken hold in the world. The Western response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—led and propped up by the United States—has reminded the world that the international order is, if anything, more dependent on American military, economic, and financial might now than only a few years ago. Yet everywhere…
China cannot stop other world leaders visiting Taiwan, says Nancy Pelosi US House speaker leaves island as China orders live-fire drills off coast 02:13 The US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has said Beijing cannot prevent world leaders from travelling to Taiwan, as she departed from the island on Wednesday to continue her tour of Asia. In a…
UK National Security Adviser warns of warfare due to communication breakdown between the West, Russia and China.
US secretary of state will visit Pretoria, Kinshasa and Kigali weeks after Russia’s Lavrov visited the continent.
The Biden administration has charted the same course as the Trump administration on strategic priorities like China, the Middle East and U.S. military deployments. WASHINGTON — A fist bump and meeting with the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. Tariffs and export controls on China. Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. American troops out of Afghanistan.…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former security officials insist that the United States made every effort to integrate Russia, rejecting claims that America “tried to humiliate” the former Soviet Union. “I will go out on a limb here and say that I think everybody from the Clinton administration to the Bush administration, to…
U.S. embassies across Africa are facing chronic staffing shortages that are undercutting U.S. foreign-policy goals on the continent and sapping the morale of the diplomatic corps, according to interviews with multiple U.S. officials and regional experts. The problem has caught the attention of top U.S. lawmakers, who have raised alarm bells about the long-term impact…
As the war in Ukraine approaches the six-month mark, much has changed. Since Russia invaded, more than 12 million Ukrainians have been displaced, of whom at least 5 million became refugees across Europe. Several cities and towns, particularly in the country’s central and eastern regions, have been reduced to rubble. Some 5,000 civilian deaths have…
Lawmakers in Germany voted overwhelmingly Friday to approve Finland’s and Sweden’s membership in NATO, with Poland’s lower house moving the ratification forward as well. NATO allies meeting in Madrid last week signed the accession protocols for the two countries to join the alliance. The move must now be ratified by the governments of all member states.…