Biden Will Build Upon the Military Ties That Trump Pioneered with Papua New Guinea

Biden Will Build Upon the Military Ties That Trump Pioneered with Papua New Guinea

America’s Democrat-Republican duopoly is as united as Australia’s Labor-Liberal one is when it comes to these AUKUS allies’ shared goal of containing China regardless of leadership shifts. US political commentators tend to overlook foreign policy continuity whenever the White House flips between parties since it’s in their narrative interests to claim that Democrats and Republicans…

The Difference Between Secrets and Lies – Can the White House Even Understand the Difference?

The Difference Between Secrets and Lies – Can the White House Even Understand the Difference?

Recent developments in Washington relating to Ukraine and the Middle East remind me that there is a big difference between maintaining secrecy when a situation warrants it and lying over issues where there is no compelling reason to do so beyond political expediency. Having spent more than twenty years in American intelligence agencies where secrecy…

Biden’s Genius Detente Has Cost America the Old Ballgame

Biden’s Genius Detente Has Cost America the Old Ballgame

President Joe Biden’s benefactors have lost the world, whether Russia wins or loses in Ukraine. This was a poignant message delivered by Fox News’s Tucker Carlson the other day. Forcing the Russians to act, and pushing them into unbreakable alliances with China, India, and Iran, Biden and Co. have almost overnight turned the United States…