At first glance, Kazakhstan’s decision to join the Abraham Accords last week holds little relevance. Israel and Kazakhstan have held diplomatic relations for over thirty years, prompting critics to view the latter’s entry into the accords as nothing more than a self-aggrandizing act by President Donald Trump. But there is more to this decision than […]

Japan should expel the Chinese consul general to Osaka over his X post that appeared to threaten to behead Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Xue Jian’s rhetoric goes far beyond the so-called “Wolf Warrior” tendency of Chinese diplomats to aggressively rebuke perceived slights to the Chinese Communist Party and its policies. Xue’s threat followed a parliamentary […]

The third time will not be the charm. As radical jihadis close in on Bamako, the capital of Mali and a city with roughly the same population as Los Angeles, the United States appears woefully unprepared, if not AWOL. President Donald Trump has yet to appoint an assistant secretary of State to oversee and coordinate […]

In some states, such as Florida, all ballots are counted on Election Day and results are guaranteed to be certified by the end of the night. In other states, such as California, there is hardly such a thing as Election Day, and the day itself is just the beginning of weeks or months of cursing […]

The oral arguments before the Supreme Court last week added another level of debate to the ongoing arguments among everyone interested in President Donald Trump’s tariffs. Until last week, most of the arguments about tariffs have swirled around the economic impact of the president’s tariffs. But the arguments before the court had very little to […]