Noah Rothman

And the Trump administration should not take office operating under the delusion that Biden was somehow too reckless in his management of this conflict.

Congressional Republicans who choose to defer to the president-elect’s worst instincts will do him, themselves, their party, and the country no favors.

His early personnel choices indicate his incoming administration would be willing to use sticks as well as carrots to deal with Russia.

But the public’s economic outlook is still the most straightforward explanation for voters’ rejection of the incumbent party last week.

Depressed leftists who blame Trump voters for Kamala Harris’s loss are only marginalizing themselves further.

When not vague or entirely mum, she has promised to continue Biden’s foreign policy. In other words, failure on an international scale.

Far from being craven warmongers, Liz Cheney, John Bolton, and other Republicans Trump and his supporters loathe advocate stable deterrence.

Voters are presented with a choice between two gratingly flip campaigns that are consumed with frivolities.

The Harris campaign fumbles the play in trying to connect with male voters.

The sitting president’s ‘lock him up’ gaffe is the latest example of how he’s a drag on his vice president’s campaign.

They need a reason, and she hasn’t given them many.

Squint and you can see signs that the stars may be aligning for the former president at just the right time.

The progressive Left’s calls for a cease-fire now as Israel stands on the precipice of victory are as craven as they were a year ago.

The objective was to peel some soft Trump supporters away from his coalition, but she gave them no reason to reconsider.

From Jerusalem’s perspective, Israel already has complied with the administration’s newest demands.

That depends on whom you ask.

If the White House can’t decide what it wants in the Middle East, Israel must decide instead.

Voters deserve major-party candidates who treat them like grown-ups, telling them the truth rather than what they want to hear.

The measurable uptick in the former president’s hostile rhetoric toward Ukraine clears away the fog surrounding his views on this conflict.

Tehran’s efforts to assassinate the former president deserve a united, bipartisan response.

If New Jersey’s experience is any indication, Californians can look forward to a costly new inconvenience.

GOP primary voters knew Mark Robinson was a terrible candidate. They just didn’t care.

Harris’s interview with the National Association of Black Journalists showed why she doesn’t do many interviews.

The former NIH director wants to be seen as a truth-teller, which is tough when you are not telling the truth.

Debate zingers are not the way. Kamala Harris’s only hope is to convince persuadable voters on the sidelines that she is a safe bet.

Democrats can blame Trump all they like, but it was Biden who presided over the bloody embarrassment of America’s withdrawal from Central Asia.

Whatever else we can say of the Harris-Walz campaign’s amoral posture on Israel, it is not one that a confident political operation would strike.

Joe Biden has presided over the deterioration of the American strategic position across the globe.

Foreign election interference isn’t coming just from Russia, and it isn’t all aimed at helping one party.

Think there are real consequences associated with kidnapping and murdering U.S. citizens? Think again.