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Joseph Bosco, Opinion Contributor

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Biden and Trump must work together to deter an attack on Taiwan  

The time for realistic and credible deterrence by both Biden and Trump is at hand, before Xi concludes the presidential transition gives him a green...

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Joseph Bosco, Opinion Contributor

Will Trump play the role of Churchill in Ukraine, or of Chamberlain? 

If he can overcome his infatuation with the world’s dictators, Trump is better positioned than Biden ever was to manage — and defeat— the...

10.12.2024 8

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A Trump-Biden tag-team can make our Ukraine and China policies great again 

Trump has a choice of either burnishing or blemishing his foreign policy record, and instead can chart a uniquely new course that will put him on the...

03.12.2024 10

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Trump can deter Chinese aggression against Taiwan — if he has the will 

Donald Trump can show deterrence actually works, and thereby save the world from a catastrophic Chinese miscalculation.

26.11.2024 10

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With Trump taking over the US military, it’s time to finally change course on Ukraine 

Trump needs to show how a strong American president, unlike Obama and Biden, responds to threats and bullying

19.11.2024 10

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Now is Trump’s chance to stand up to Putin — what will his legacy be? 

Donald Trump has a historic opportunity to create a positive legacy of peace through strength more in line with that of Winston Churchill and Ronald...

12.11.2024 6

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Whether Harris or Trump wins, Americans must unite to confront the enemies abroad 

With the election about to be behind us, past positions, mistakes and political posturing must be put aside and the incoming administration must come...

05.11.2024 5

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The West did nothing to stop North Korea’s alliance with Russia, and there will be consequences 

Over the coming weeks, members of the new Axis of Evil may have further unhappy surprises for the democratically distracted West.

29.10.2024 9

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It's almost Election Day — do we know enough about where Trump and Harris stand? 

The fate of both Taiwan and Ukraine will be precarious no matter how this presidential election turns out. Whether it is Trump or Harris, the real...

22.10.2024 10

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Today’s Axis of Evil is bigger and more dangerous than ever 

All these lethal interactions and collaborative efforts are operationalizing the mutual diplomatic and ideological declarations of a joint anti-U.S.,...

15.10.2024 5

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The ‘just war’ doctrine of proportionality does not work with terrorists  

The hoary doctrine of “proportionality” from the “just war” theory is being sorely tested by the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. 

08.10.2024 7

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Biden is failing Ukraine — without change, Trump and Harris will too 

After more than two and a half years of war, tens of thousands of Ukrainian deaths, millions displaced, scores of cities destroyed, and critical...

01.10.2024 10

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Meetings with China, without deterrence, will not stop its aggression against Taiwan  

Jake Sullivan's visit to Beijing aims to address rising tensions between the US and China. Will it lead to lower tensions or escalate the conflict?

24.09.2024 6

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The Harris-Trump debate gave us more questions than answers on foreign policy 

Foreign policy was not a major focus of the discussion, but what was said — and left unsaid — by the candidates was cause for concern. 

17.09.2024 7

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Trump could suffer the same fate as Biden in tonight’s debate — how will his party react? 

Biden’s infirmity was so painfully obvious in the June debate that observers failed to notice the weakness of Trump’s own rambling, nonsensical...

10.09.2024 10

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Biden must abandon his 'half-assed' Ukraine policy, before it’s too late 

Kamala Harris cited her mother’s memorable advice at the DNC: “never do anything half-assed.” If she passed on that maternal wisdom to President...

03.09.2024 20

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Will Harris continue Biden’s foreign policy mistakes? 

The depressing alternatives on national security still facing American voters are a weak, temporizing Harris-Walz administration or an openly...

27.08.2024 10

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Ukraine’s lessons for Russia and the West 

Once again, Ukraine is teaching lessons on how to deal with aggression.

20.08.2024 10

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To avoid history's mistakes, Taiwan needs unambiguous protection, now

Xi Jinping must be made to understand the consequences of fresh aggression in the Indo-Pacific. 

13.08.2024 10

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Biden, Harris and Trump should issue a joint statement on the risks of World War III

An affirmation that “politics stops at the water’s edge” could not come at a more opportune time. 

11.08.2024 10

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Trump should give the GOP the do-over it needs and drop out now 

Donald Trump, 78, should follow the example of his erstwhile elderly opponent Joe Biden and withdraw from the race.

30.07.2024 6

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Trump’s isolationist foreign policy will not ‘make America great again’ 

If Donald Trump wants to make America great again, he would do well to learn from America’s “Greatest Generation.”

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The NATO summit was no great success 

President Biden said there was a “consensus that it was a great success.” But that was only because the summit’s goals were so limited.

16.07.2024 6

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Democrats helped Trump get nominated — if he wins, it’s their fault 

Ever since Donald Trump emerged as a presidential candidate in 2015, Democrats have underestimated his political appeal and relished facing him as an...

05.07.2024 6

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Joseph Bosco, Opinion Contributor

The Biden-Trump debate made clear: both parties need a new nominee

Anxious Europeans join worried Americans in dreading the prospect that the nation could soon be governed in these extremely perilous times by one or...

02.07.2024 7

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NATO’s Stoltenberg is right: Peace through strength is the only way forward 

Whoever the next president is, he or she would be wise to adopt the Stoltenberg policy of strategic clarity.

25.06.2024 5

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To protect Taiwan and the Philippines, the US must show strength in the seas 

The U.S. must send a powerful deterrent message: that China’s aggressive behavior is uniting the Free World against it.

18.06.2024 7

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The dangers of Taiwan's 'strategic ambiguity'

To put U.S.-China relations on a sounder footing, the U.S. has a lot of clarifying to do with Beijing.

11.06.2024 10

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Biden’s Ukraine mistakes now threaten to punish Taiwan 

The West is belatedly awakening to the existential threat to democratic values and security.

04.06.2024 10

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Washington needs to end the ambiguity and defend Taiwan

President Biden must make clear that an unprovoked Chinese attack or blockade against Taiwan would bring America's full diplomatic recognition of...

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The Biden-Trump debate in June sets the stage for an upset at the conventions 

With the new debate schedule, however, there’s one last opportunity to put a stronger candidate at the helm of our country.

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A lesson from World War II: Appeasement never works 

Today’s Hitlers will pay attention. 

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Nikki Haley, we still have a ‘country to save’ — please file for write-in candidacy 

If, very soon, No Labels does not regain its footing and present a plausible unity ticket, the only alternative for the millions of voters who reject...

07.05.2024 30

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China continues to ‘fight while negotiating’ — when will the US catch on? 

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has become the latest official to admit that the China engagement policies they fervently espoused over the past four...

30.04.2024 20

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Denying Cold War II, fearing World War III 

A vigorously waged Cold War is far preferable to the shooting kind, but when kinetic action is the only alternative, it must be conducted with...

23.04.2024 10

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The US can’t stay ‘hands-off’ on Iran any longer 

Today, the world is witnessing three concurrent and coordinated challenges to Western will.

16.04.2024 8

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No Labels no longer: It’s time for a Nikki Haley write-in campaign

If Haley believes, as she has so often stated, that “we have a country to save,” she should be receptive to a No Labels proposal that she launch a...

09.04.2024 10

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Joe Lieberman had a vision for America — No Labels can honor him with its presidential ticket 

The late Joe Lieberman and his No Labels colleagues believed that America could do better.

02.04.2024 10

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Voters don’t want Biden or Trump — but without No Labels, voters have no options 

Democrats of good will can find common ground with Republicans and with No Labels. History awaits their collective decision. 

26.03.2024 6

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Is China done with its ‘peaceful’ policy toward Taiwan? 

Now that Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party has won an unprecedented third four-year term under the leadership of independence-leaning Lai...

19.03.2024 10

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America doesn’t want Trump or Biden — we need a No Labels challenger, now 

No Labels offers a potential alternative. 

12.03.2024 20

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The West must not repeat in Ukraine the mistakes that led to World War II 

The solution to the malaise over Ukraine, however, is not to curtail Western aid and weaken Ukraine’s will and ability to resist Russia’s...

05.03.2024 20

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Partisan Democrats and MAGA Republicans have enabled the dangerous Trump-Putin collaboration 

The world gets more dangerous by the day, and the United States, which once could be relied on to stand in the breach, is rendered increasingly...

27.02.2024 8

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This Saturday, South Carolina can help force the parties to dump Trump and retire Biden 

As it was in 2020, a South Carolina primary in 2024 can be the decisive contest that changes the course of the presidential election.  

20.02.2024 20

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Democrats and Republicans are preparing to nominate two known national security risks 

It was not groundswells of grassroots support that advanced Biden and Trump to their dominant positions. While each has his core base of supporters,...

13.02.2024 10

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South Carolina primary is the last best chance to keep Trump out of the White House

South Carolinians now have the unprecedented power to help eliminate what all their political leaders say is an existential threat to American...

06.02.2024 20

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House GOP leaders hold press conference: Watch live

House Republican leadership is slated to hold a press conference Tuesday morning as a GOP-led House panel moves to mark up articles of impeachment...

30.01.2024 2

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Why America’s enemies are rooting for another Trump v. Biden election 

America is entering perhaps the most dangerous period in the last century and a half of its existence.  

30.01.2024 7

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Is Liz Cheney’s anti-Trump campaign a principled crusade or cynical power-seeking? 

Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) says she is committed to keeping Donald Trump from becoming president of the United States of America ever again —...

23.01.2024 20

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Joseph Bosco, Opinion Contributor

It’s time for Biden to take a stand for freedom on the world stage 

Robert Gates, who served as secretary of Defense in the Obama-Biden administration, famously disparaged Joe Biden’s 40-year involvement in foreign...

16.01.2024 4

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