Biden’s big UN whopper
He says America doesn’t want to fight ‘the wars of the past’, but we still are
World
Tuesday
Sunday
Ticking off the French was strategic genius
America used a submarine deal to send a message to the freeloading Europeans
Wednesday
Will Biden deal with the Taliban?
He may need to, given that we still have interests in Afghanistan
Tuesday
The myth of the good Afghan war
Nothing we did in Afghanistan really worked
Monday
The return of Marty Peretz
Ex-proprietor likes the look of Vlad Davidzon
Saturday
Why can’t we fire the Blob?
These people give chutzpah a bad name
Friday
Can China save us from Prince Harry?
The prince blamed misinformation for hindering the vaccine rollout, because of course he did
Thursday
The Taliban didn’t beat America. Afghanistan did
The group has not changed its stripes. Quite the contrary
Tuesday
North Korea will be Biden’s real test
Time to talk to the portly pariah of Pyongyang
Should we love Afghan hounds more than American soldiers?
Cry havoc — and don’t forget the dogs of war
Monday
Aussie’s rules: COVID is becoming Australia’s state religion
It will take years for Australia to get back to some semblance of its old free and easy ways
Sunday
Who lost Afghanistan?
Biden has made grave mistakes. Withdrawal isn’t one of them
Thursday
Exclusive: ‘The Taliban smelled weakness’, says Mike Pompeo
The former secretary of state discusses the crisis in Afghanistan in an exclusive interview
Wednesday
President Ice Cream’s Afghan meltdown
There is quite a lot of that Yes-No, Did-Didn’t, whiplashing these days
Tuesday
Central Asia’s geography after America’s defeat
Central Asia is going to matter substantially in terms of 21st-century geopolitics
Monday
Could Prince Andrew tank the British royal family’s reputation?
Nobody likes to be told that their favorite child is a pariah
Friday
The last war for democracy
Islamism has every reason to triumph in Afghanistan. But its triumph may be its undoing
What exactly was the plan in Afghanistan?
Washington wasn’t hoping for a victory. They were just hoping for a brutal civil war that would last long enough for them to save face
Thursday
Did ‘gender studies’ lose Afghanistan?
How Ivy League diplomats sought to remake Afghanistan in Harvard’s image
Monday
Joe Biden’s short walk in the Hindu Kush
To say that what just happened in Afghanistan caught the Biden administration by surprise would be the understatement of the year
