This article appeared in The Washington Examiner on April 26, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton April 26, 2021 Despite the headlines, President Joe Biden is not the first United States president to declare that the Ottoman Empire’s mass killings of Armenians, beginning on April 24, 1915, constitute genocide. President […]
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A full withdrawal from Afghanistan is a costly blunder and failure of leadership. This article appeared in Foreign Policy on April 19, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton April 19, 2021 U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the United States’ remaining military forces from Afghanistan rests far more on […]
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By Dr. David Wurmser April 26, 2021 It has been a month since Nowruz, the Persian holiday marking the beginning of Farvardin and turn of the new year, which this year is 1400. This was a welcome turnover for the Iranian regime. 1399 was a miserable year. Iran suffered not only a divinely inflicted plague […]
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This article appeared in The Daily News on April 7, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton April 7, 2021 The recent conviction of seven prominent advocates of Hong Kong autonomy for participating in peaceful protests is yet another milestone in China’s campaign to bury freedom of speech and conscience. The […]
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By Dr. David Wurmser April 6, 2021 The value of elections is not just that they produce a winner and loser in determining who runs the nation. Elections are also diagnostic tools ascertaining societal trends and ideas. While Israel has been deadlocked in stalemate with almost no movement in terms of delivering a winner and […]
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This article appeared in The Washington Examiner on March 29, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton March 29, 2021 North Korea’s first ballistic-missiles launches during Joe Biden’s presidency triggered the usual flurry of speculation about Kim Jong Un’s intentions, Biden’s possible responses, and whether to resume Washington-Pyongyang negotiations. But before […]
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Countries and companies should wake up to new political risks to shipping and supply chains. This article appeared on Bloomberg.com on March 29, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton March 29, 2021 The Suez Canal Crisis of 2021 is upon us. The canal is closed, and maritime traffic jams extend […]
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If mutually acceptable arms-control treaties are suitable for Russia, France, Britain and the US, they are suitable for China This article appeared in The Telegraph on March 22, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton March 23, 2021 Boris Johnson’s new national security strategy has generated two major controversies. First, the […]
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This article appeared in The Washington Post on March 15, 2021. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton March 15, 2021 On Thursday, the Biden administration will conduct its first high-level meeting with China. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan will confer with senior Communist Party Politburo member […]
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By Dr. David Wurmser March 10, 2021 Ever since September 2001, when 19 hijackers, the vast majority of which had connections to Saudi Arabia, killed over 3000 Americans, the unquestioned relationship with Saudi Arabia established during World War II has come under duress. It was not without reason. The Saudi role has neither ever been […]
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