Who’s Really Winning the North Korea Standoff?
There have been wild reports that the United States is considering a “bloody nose” preemptive attack of some sort on North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. Such […]
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Does Trump Threaten Science? Part 3
On December 7, the American Association of University Professors issued a thirteen-page statement, “National Security, the Assault on Science, and Academic Freedom,” that attacked President […]
Trump’s Doctrine: ‘Principled Realism’ Comes to the Fore
Congress requires every administration to submit an outline of its national security strategy. This is usually a behind-the-scenes exercise, carried out by the national security […]
A Jacksonian Manifesto
Administrations by law must publish strategic manifestoes. Indeed, the Goldwater–Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of October 4, 1986 required every subsequent government to issue […]
Why Carbon Taxes Actually Increase Global Emissions
As the hysteria over global warming heats up, carbon taxes have become the “cool” option. Environmentalists love them. So do politicians, who are more than […]
Steven W. Mosher Talks Bully of Asia With Seth and Chris
Steven W. Mosher, president of the Population Research Institute and an internationally recognized authority on China and population issues joined American Greatness publisher, Chris Buskirk, […]
What Will It Take to Get Serious About Missile Defense?
North Korea’s possession of mobile-launched missiles that can deliver nukes anywhere in the United States shows that, nowadays, anybody can make lots of pinpoint-accurate missiles […]
America Needs Space Weapons—Now
The United States today exists in an increasingly unstable, multipolar world of competing states. Since the start of the Global War on Terror in 2001, […]
Missile Defense: The Epitome of “America First”
In the wake of President Trump’s trip to Asia—with stops in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines—Americans should thank him for remaining true […]
Turkey Is No Ally
Turkey has turned its back on the West. To be fair, we in the West didn’t do much to prevent it. When Turkey sought entry […]
Stop Griping About Musk, Start Spending on R&D Again
Conservatives are angry about Elon Musk and all of the subsidies his companies receive from the federal government. Musk reaps hundreds of millions of taxpayer […]
Standing Up to the Bully in Asia
Steven W. Mosher’s new book, Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream is the New Threat to World Order, couldn’t arrive at a better time. Mosher […]
The Coming Threat of Chinese Censorship
In recent weeks have been dominated, as they have been for much of the past year , with talk of Russian social engineering to influence […]
China and South Korea Are Screwing Us (Let’s Return the Favor)
President Trump has demanded that China take steps to counter the growing threat on the Korean Peninsula. Beijing, it appears, is finally answering that call, […]
Trump’s Malaysia Gambit: Call It Another Win
Less than two weeks ago there was a bit of news—little reported in the United States, but more on that later—that Malaysia had cut off […]
Deregulate Space
America’s foreign policy, unfortunately, seems to be governed by a latent utopianism. The last 17 years have shown the dangers inherent in a starry-eyed approach […]
America Must Innovate or Die
America is in decline. Since the end of the Cold War—thanks to the fecklessness of our political and business leaders—every single competitive advantage that the […]
America is Losing the Education Race Against China—Bigly
We are no longer living in the unipolar world of the immediate post-Cold War period. This is especially clear when it comes to observing the […]
When Did ‘Tariff’ Become a Bad Word?
President Trump last month empowered U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to investigate China’s theft of American intellectual property (IP), which costs America up to $500 […]
Nukes for Japan and South Korea? Yes—Here’s Why
Millions of Americans own a gun. About four in 10 U.S. households, in fact, have at least one firearm. People own guns for all sorts […]