News of US National Security Adviser John Bolton’s departure was followed by hopeful commentary both within the US and abroad that so too would follow
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The Threat of Bolton Has Retreated, But Not the Threat of War
John Bolton tried his best. The national security adviser entered the Trump administration as a predictable warmonger with an unslakable thirst for power. He streamlined
Donald Trump’s Challenge to His Administration
Several things are clear about the possible change of doctrine of the United States that I announced two weeks ago. For the past three years,
The Devolution of US-Russia Relations
In 2014, we saw violent U.S.-supported regime change and civil war in Ukraine. In February, after months of increasing tension from the anti-Russian protest movement’s
After Bolton, Trump Goals Remain Unrealized
The sudden and bitter departure of John Bolton from the White House was baked in the cake from the day he arrived there. For Bolton’s
Trump Gives Peace a Chance?
With the super-hawk John Bolton kicked out of the White House nest there is media speculation that President Donald Trump may at last be spreading
Bolton’s Exit Raises Odds of US-China Trade Deal
President Trump needs a trade deal with China as quickly as possible to avert a sharp slowdown of the US economy, as recent polls have
Unused Militaries
For a couple of decades I covered the military for various publications, as for example the Washington Times and Harper’s, and wrote a military column
