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Trump can still win the Nobel Prize if he helps liberate Ukraine  

Last week, the Nobel Committee awarded its highly anticipated 2025 Peace Prize. It was not given to President Trump, who wanted it badly and touted...

14.10.2025 10

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Trump’s policies on Ukraine, Iran set dangerous precedents for Taiwan 

Surprise and deception have been a specialty of Chinese strategy as far back as Sun Tzu

02.09.2025 6

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The 'Art of the Deal' author keeps getting out-negotiated by Putin and Xi

The only way Trump can restore America’s lost credibility and deter a tragic miscalculation by China is to commit to defend Taiwan.

05.08.2025 3

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Here’s why Trump’s inconsistent support for Ukraine is so dangerous  

It’s worth noting the commitments of China and North Korea to Russia’ warmongering in Ukraine have overtones of the escalating domino effect that...

15.07.2025 3

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Trump must not waste his golden opportunity with Iran 

The destruction of Iran’s ominous nuclear program re-opens the door to peaceful political transformation that Trump, in his quest for international...

01.07.2025 3

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Trump needs to realize — China and Russia are a package deal 

The Trump administration is sending mixed messages to America’s enemies

01.04.2025 4

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Trump is playing into enemy hands with his strongman image on Ukraine 

Trump’s Nobel Prize and place on Mount Rushmore will be unattainable unless both Ukraine and Taiwan are secure, whole and free. That is the foreign...

18.03.2025 8

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Trump finally shows his cards — he’s siding with Russia 

Trump’s openly siding with an accused war criminal constitutes the greatest repudiation of Western values and collective security arrangements by...

21.02.2025 9

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Trump should be using this heavy-handed diplomacy against adversaries, not allies

The Trump administration needs to figure out the proper balance between coercion and diplomacy, and how it affects international respect for the...

11.02.2025 2

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By misinterpreting history, Trump threatens to condemn the world to repeat its mistakes 

History will reward Trump for halting the downward spiral in international relations, but it can only be done with strength and clear vision, not by...

14.01.2025 20

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Trump has a once-in a-century opportunity for change 

Donald Trump will either grasp the opportunity history has thrust upon him to change the world for the better, or he will let it pass by and watch...

01.01.2025 20

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How Trump’s tariffs can generate both economic and political reform in China 

If Trump is allowed by Elon Musk to stick to his guns, he can apply to China the principle he announced for his domestic opponents: “Success will...

24.12.2024 7

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Biden and Trump must work together to deter an attack on Taiwan  

The time for realistic and credible deterrence by both Biden and Trump is at hand, before Xi concludes the presidential transition gives him a...

17.12.2024 2

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Will Trump play the role of Churchill in Ukraine, or of Chamberlain? 

If he can overcome his infatuation with the world’s dictators, Trump is better positioned than Biden ever was to manage — and defeat— the...

10.12.2024 7

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A Trump-Biden tag-team can make our Ukraine and China policies great again 

Trump has a choice of either burnishing or blemishing his foreign policy record, and instead can chart a uniquely new course that will put him on...

03.12.2024 8

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Trump can deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan — if he has the will 

Donald Trump can show deterrence actually works, and thereby save the world from a catastrophic Chinese miscalculation.

26.11.2024 4

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With Trump taking over the US military, it’s time to finally change course on Ukraine 

Trump needs to show how a strong American president, unlike Obama and Biden, responds to threats and bullying

19.11.2024 4

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Now is Trump’s chance to stand up to Putin — what will his legacy be? 

Donald Trump has a historic opportunity to create a positive legacy of peace through strength more in line with that of Winston Churchill and...

12.11.2024 5

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Whether Harris or Trump wins, Americans must unite to confront the enemies abroad 

With the election about to be behind us, past positions, mistakes and political posturing must be put aside and the incoming administration must...

05.11.2024 5

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The West did nothing to stop North Korea’s alliance with Russia, and there will be consequences 

Over the coming weeks, members of the new Axis of Evil may have further unhappy surprises for the democratically distracted West.

29.10.2024 4

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It's almost Election Day — do we know enough about where Trump and Harris stand? 

The fate of both Taiwan and Ukraine will be precarious no matter how this presidential election turns out. Whether it is Trump or Harris, the real...

22.10.2024 4

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Today’s Axis of Evil is bigger and more dangerous than ever 

All these lethal interactions and collaborative efforts are operationalizing the mutual diplomatic and ideological declarations of a joint...

15.10.2024 10

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The ‘just war’ doctrine of proportionality does not work with terrorists  

The hoary doctrine of “proportionality” from the “just war” theory is being sorely tested by the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. 

08.10.2024 5

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Biden is failing Ukraine — without change, Trump and Harris will too 

After more than two and a half years of war, tens of thousands of Ukrainian deaths, millions displaced, scores of cities destroyed, and critical...

01.10.2024 5

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Meetings with China, without deterrence, will not stop its aggression against Taiwan  

Jake Sullivan's visit to Beijing aims to address rising tensions between the US and China. Will it lead to lower tensions or escalate the conflict?

24.09.2024 2

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The Harris-Trump debate gave us more questions than answers on foreign policy 

Foreign policy was not a major focus of the discussion, but what was said — and left unsaid — by the candidates was cause for concern. 

17.09.2024 4

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Trump could suffer the same fate as Biden in tonight’s debate — how will his party react? 

Biden’s infirmity was so painfully obvious in the June debate that observers failed to notice the weakness of Trump’s own rambling, nonsensical...

10.09.2024 7

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Biden must abandon his 'half-assed' Ukraine policy, before it’s too late 

Kamala Harris cited her mother’s memorable advice at the DNC: “never do anything half-assed.” If she passed on that maternal wisdom to President...

03.09.2024 10

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Will Harris continue Biden’s foreign policy mistakes? 

The depressing alternatives on national security still facing American voters are a weak, temporizing Harris-Walz administration or an openly...

27.08.2024 8

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Ukraine’s lessons for Russia and the West 

Once again, Ukraine is teaching lessons on how to deal with aggression.

20.08.2024 5

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To avoid history's mistakes, Taiwan needs unambiguous protection, now

Xi Jinping must be made to understand the consequences of fresh aggression in the Indo-Pacific. 

13.08.2024 10

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Biden, Harris and Trump should issue a joint statement on the risks of World War III

An affirmation that “politics stops at the water’s edge” could not come at a more opportune time. 

11.08.2024 10

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