How Donald Trump Can Win A War Against the Drug Cartels

In late January, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in the Wall Street Journal that Trump’s America First policy pays close attention to the Western Hemisphere. Rubio claimed that previous administrations have overlooked Latin America, and he pledged things would be different from now on.

Israel- Syria: 9 Points about the Situation

The fall of the Assad regime, which was the downfall of a political ideology- Ba’athism, and a minority community -the Alawis, can be somewhat connected to the overall fallout from the events of 7 October and their aftermath. Indeed, the timing of the events in Syria was greatly influenced by the smashing [though not final] defeat inflicted by Israel on Hizballah directly and indirectly on Iran. The Sunni opposition in Syria timed its final assault on the regime, which was in the making for many months, to the weakness of Iran, whose support to the Assad regime was crucial.

America, Embrace Your Inner Empire

As Donald Trump takes the oath of office and prepares to begin his second term as President of the United States, America stands at a pivotal crossroads in its history. The nation must decide whether to continue its post-World War II tradition of cautious global leadership under the pretense of partnership and cooperation or to openly embrace its role as the dominant force shaping the destiny of the world.

What Can the Venezuelan Opposition Learn from Syria?

We have recently witnessed the collapse of Syria’s decades-long, oppressive regime.
There is room for the people of Venezuela and the U.S. administration to learn something from the Syrian experience and consider applying its lessons to the Maduro regime.
Syria’s quick collapse is widely attributed to the weakness of the powers that sustained the Bashar al-Assad regime and to the well-armed and well-organized opposition forces.

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The Columbia University Encampment, Joseph Massad, and the Future of Campus Antisemitism

The spectacle of a mass antizionist and antisemitic “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” on Columbia University’s central quad and elsewhere has structural predecessors, to be sure, like the Occupy Wall Street movement, but parallels with mass antisemitism require comparison with earlier historical moments. The Occupy Wall Street movement was notably accompanied by a substantial body of theoretical work, whereas the Columbia occupation is supported by little more than a Manichean view of a world divided between oppressor and oppressed peoples.

The Obvious Truths about Free Speech Protests

The Obvious Truths about Free Speech Protests

Free speech is worse than messy. It is unruly, annoying, chaotic, unsightly, loud and intrusive. It is full of individuals who are uninformed or misinformed, full of statements of exaggeration and hyperbole, many crude and false, and taken together, too often bothersome, irritating, overblown, and endlessly repetitive.

Reciprocity, Fairness Must Guide Israel, West’s Mideast Strategy

Reciprocity, Fairness Must Guide Israel, West’s Mideast Strategy

President Joe Biden, along with the leaders of Great Britain, France, and Germany, recently rallied around Israel when Iran attacked it.

Such support constituted an inflection point, given Biden’s harsh criticism of Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza.

The American Evangelical Response To October 7

The American Evangelical Response To October 7

No one was shocked when leading American Evangelical Christians – long known for
their stalwart defense of Israeli governments, offered overwhelming support for the Jewish
state’s strong military response to the brutal October 7, 2023, Hamas massacres in southern
Israel. Yet, a close look at data on American Evangelicals from recent years reveals that the
community’s ironclad support of Jerusalem’s government seems poised for a decline in the
coming years. This happens as younger generations seem less unquestioning of Israel – an issue
also faced in the American Jewish community – and the number of self-identified Evangelicals
themselves drops as a percentage of the American population.

Biden, Schumer, Borrel, And Mainstream Media: A Building Block Of Inaccuracies – OpEd

In a surprising speech, Senate Majority Leader Charles (“Chuck”) Schumer urged new elections in Israel, suggesting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not up to the task of leading his country. President Biden embraced Senator Schumer’s speech.

There are enough reasons why Netanyahu deserves to be removed by his people, particularly the failure of his government to protect Israel’s southern border on October 7.

However, there is something much more severe in Schumer’s speech.

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The Intersection of National Security and the Florida Tech Ecosystem

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