Tag: diplomacy

Europe’s Hour of Peril

The continent’s leaders call for defining the conflict in terms of morality. But wars are not morality plays. Wars are struggles of power and interest.

U.S. President Donald Trump (R) holds a press conference with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 27, 2025. 

Britain in the Age of Trumpism

While it makes sense to take advantage of being Trump’s favourite Western country, this must be done with a keen eye on maintaining British sovereignty and British interests.

David Pressman: the American Citizen Genêt

Pressman has no qualms in spitting on the Hungarian people and their sovereign rights; much like Citizen Genêt, he, a representative of a nation far away, knows better than they do.

Henry Kissinger, 1923-2023

We would do well to consider whether Kissinger should be a role model or a cautionary tale.