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As his first official act, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth revoked retired Gen. Mark A. Milley’s security detail, suspended his security clearance, and launched an inspector general inquiry into his tenure as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. During his confirmation process, Hegseth preached “military lethality” as his sole mission. This brazen act of political… Read more.
Like a thief in the night, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law. Yet, mere hours later, National Assembly Speaker Woo Won Shik marshaled enough parliamentary votes to lift it. Woo pronounced it “invalid” and vowed that lawmakers “will protect democracy with the people.” Now what? Yoon apparently failed to secure the backing… Read more.
High anxiety: See you the day after Election Day! Read more.
Navalny meets his fateful end The death of Alexei Navalny is as predictable as it is deplorable. After all, any Russian who becomes a thorn in the side of Vladimir Putin’s authoritarian regime ends up dead. And Navalny was the thorniest of them all. Not least because of the way he lampooned Putin for living like a czar… Read more.
Kissinger, authoritarian whisperer of realpolitik Henry Kissinger was a titan of 20th-century geopolitics. But his legacy is as complex as it is controversial. Many hailed him as a master strategist. I railed against him as a cunning narcissist. He courted praise for dispensing sage chess-like geopolitical advice. Yet, I can fairly distill his diplomatic treatise… Read more.
