Robert Clarke
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Target Taiwan: One China and cross-strait stability - Defense Priorities
Key points Washington should not move away from the One China policy, as doing so would increase the risk of […]
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November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Abandoning ambiguity would compromise American security, and raise the risk of a Chinese-Taiwanese war.
November 2, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Abandoning ambiguity would compromise American security, and raise the risk of a Chinese-Taiwanese war.
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The Europe Question, the Rationale of Burden Shifting, and the Promise of Germany • Stimson Center
America should shift Europe's conventional defense burden to wealthy allies like Germany while maintaining nuclear control.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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As Sumantra writes, the promise of Germany is also a test of Europe. Will Europe finally act as the security provider it claims to be—or remain dependent on a weary ally across the Atlantic?
October 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
As Sumantra writes, the promise of Germany is also a test of Europe. Will Europe finally act as the security provider it claims to be—or remain dependent on a weary ally across the Atlantic?
The United States cannot forever play the arsenal, the diplomat, and the conscience of the free world. The Founders would recognize the danger—power overextended abroad weakens freedom at home.
October 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The United States cannot forever play the arsenal, the diplomat, and the conscience of the free world. The Founders would recognize the danger—power overextended abroad weakens freedom at home.
Europe has the wealth, industry, and proximity to deter Russia. What it lacks is will—and decades of American guarantees have allowed that deficit to grow.
October 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Europe has the wealth, industry, and proximity to deter Russia. What it lacks is will—and decades of American guarantees have allowed that deficit to grow.
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The Strategic Costs of US Strikes Against Venezuela • Stimson Center
Bellicose moves by the United States in the Caribbean come with extensive risks.
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October 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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In Latin America the first rule must still be what the Founders knew—abuse of power abroad weakens liberty at home. If the U.S. overcommits without a clear exit strategy or regional buy-in, it risks losing the very freedom and alliances it means to protect.
October 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In Latin America the first rule must still be what the Founders knew—abuse of power abroad weakens liberty at home. If the U.S. overcommits without a clear exit strategy or regional buy-in, it risks losing the very freedom and alliances it means to protect.
The article does not oppose enforcement of law or interdiction of illicit networks. It insists on realism: America’s finite resources and the fragility of its regional standing mean we must prioritize diplomacy and partnership before missiles.
October 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The article does not oppose enforcement of law or interdiction of illicit networks. It insists on realism: America’s finite resources and the fragility of its regional standing mean we must prioritize diplomacy and partnership before missiles.
These actions add up to making the U.S. a strategic pariah in a region where it must preserve partnership, not sow resentment. The question becomes not “Can we strike?” but “Should we?”
October 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
These actions add up to making the U.S. a strategic pariah in a region where it must preserve partnership, not sow resentment. The question becomes not “Can we strike?” but “Should we?”
Option three: regime-change. The article says this is perhaps the worst of all: massive cost, high risk of escalation, with drug-trafficking outcomes that history says military campaigns nearly always fail to solve.
October 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Option three: regime-change. The article says this is perhaps the worst of all: massive cost, high risk of escalation, with drug-trafficking outcomes that history says military campaigns nearly always fail to solve.
Option two: strikes inside Venezuelan territory. This would bolster the very regime it claims to weaken, as Venezuela’s state and military would rally around the identity of victimhood and sovereignty.
October 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Option two: strikes inside Venezuelan territory. This would bolster the very regime it claims to weaken, as Venezuela’s state and military would rally around the identity of victimhood and sovereignty.
Option one: continuing kinetic strikes on civilian-maritime target-boats. The piece warns this already invites international condemnation, threatens U.S. relations in Latin America, and undermines long-term anti-drug cooperation.
October 18, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Option one: continuing kinetic strikes on civilian-maritime target-boats. The piece warns this already invites international condemnation, threatens U.S. relations in Latin America, and undermines long-term anti-drug cooperation.
Ukraine’s survival should be Europe’s cause. If Europe chooses otherwise, it is not America’s role to drag itself into another generation of war.
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ukraine’s survival should be Europe’s cause. If Europe chooses otherwise, it is not America’s role to drag itself into another generation of war.
Caldwell & Logan cut through decades of wishful thinking: endless U.S. subsidies don’t guarantee peace—they erode American freedom and leave Europe strategically dependent.
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Caldwell & Logan cut through decades of wishful thinking: endless U.S. subsidies don’t guarantee peace—they erode American freedom and leave Europe strategically dependent.
The U.S. has signaled—Biden no less than Trump—that Ukraine will not be defended by American troops. That means Europe must step forward or watch Ukraine’s fate be decided by Moscow.
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The U.S. has signaled—Biden no less than Trump—that Ukraine will not be defended by American troops. That means Europe must step forward or watch Ukraine’s fate be decided by Moscow.
Europe is more than capable: its combined GDP rivals America’s, its population dwarfs Russia’s, and it already spends more on defense collectively than Moscow. What it lacks is will, not means.
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Europe is more than capable: its combined GDP rivals America’s, its population dwarfs Russia’s, and it already spends more on defense collectively than Moscow. What it lacks is will, not means.
This isn’t retreat. It’s realism. U.S. leaders from Eisenhower to Obama warned that European free-riding would hollow out the transatlantic alliance. The war in Ukraine makes that danger plain.
August 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This isn’t retreat. It’s realism. U.S. leaders from Eisenhower to Obama warned that European free-riding would hollow out the transatlantic alliance. The war in Ukraine makes that danger plain.