Iran Is Not A Threat To America Unless We Make It So
At the UN General Assembly this past week Iran was once again portrayed by the usual suspects as some sort of Islamofacist boogeyman living under our beds, and the nuclear [...]
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American and Israeli Right’s View of Alliance Dangerous and Unreasonable
The idea that America should have allies and maintain relationships across the globe is a perfectly sound one. Many successful countries do, but the relationship that [...]
At Some Point, Freedom and Safety Are No Longer Compatible, Err on the Side of Freedom
There comes a point when freedom and safety no longer align. You cannot have perfect safety and have freedom. Being free requires courage, and not just from men and [...]
The William Kristol Wing of the Republican Party Has To Go – Part 2
A couple of months ago Policy for the American Interest wrote that the William Kristol wing of the Republican Party had to go. Otherwise, Republicans could forget winning [...]
Why Realists Don’t Win in US Foreign Policy (And how to start winning)
Summary While more prominent among the American public as a sentiment and among thought leaders as a theory in the years since the Iraq War went bad, realism continues [...]
We Are Not At War With Radical Islam – We Are At War With ISIS: Why The Difference Matters
Following the shocking act of ISIS inspired terror in Orlando, it is tempting for many Americans, and indeed many politicians who already believe it, to describe what [...]
Defeating ISIS and Planning for the Aftermath
The international, as well as the regional players in the Middle East need a more coherent plan of action to stop ISIS. The current status quo is not working well enough, [...]
EU Dual National Visa Law Playing Politics with American Interests
The recent US law requiring Europeans that have dual nationality with countries that are home to jihadist movements or even Europeans who have visited those countries is [...]
Rethinking How America Defines Terrorism
It is time that America rethinks how it defines and approaches terrorism at it relates to its national security and interests. Terrorism is generally understood to be the [...]
The Interventionist Echo Chamber
Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders just gave an interview for the New York Daily News and the immediate reports following the interview were that Senator [...]
