Venezuela: A nation must be rebuilt

Is the Iran War a manifestation of the rise of the Clash of Civilizations as a dominant attribute of current international politics? This conception of a civilizational clash seems relevant to the current war in the Middle East. A Christian-majority state and a Jewish state cooperate in a joint war against a country ruled by […]

What is Taiwan to the United States? Is the security of that beleaguered island a peripheral issue for the US, in which the stakes would be too low to risk nuclear escalation in a fight with China? Or does the defense of Taiwan bear directly on the American way of life?  The answers to these […]

The most dangerous feature of international politics is the claim by China’s communist government, dating from its formation in 1949, that the island of Taiwan, 100 miles from its southern coast, is a rebellious province rather than a sovereign state. In its view, therefore, Beijing has the right to use force to bring the island […]