Africa

Trade Over Aid: Trump’s Next Foreign Policy Reset

First Trump blew up the Deep State's foreign-aid racket. Now he’s replacing permanent aid dependency with a doctrine built on growth, trade, and…

Apr 21 • Rod D. Martin

Trump Ends Foreign "Forever Aid"

Rod D. Martin & Chris Beers discuss Trump's radical makeover of U.S. foreign assistance, an initiative called "Trade Over Aid" to end dependency and…

Apr 20 • Rod D. Martin

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How World War II Might Have Been Lost But For the Doolittle Raid

The Indian Ocean and Suez were wide open to Japan. India, the British position at El Alamein and the entire Middle East were on the brink of being lost…

Apr 18 • Guest Author

Trump Blocks Britain’s Chagos Folly

POTUS confronts the strategic blunder that London should never have made, effectively handing the alliance's most important Indian Ocean base to China.

Jan 26 • Rod D. Martin and Guest Author

Deep Dive: America's Nuclear Renaissance

How Trump and Big Tech broke Democrats’ 50-year war on nuclear power, and what that means for America's future.

Jan 15 • Rod D. Martin

The New Antisemitism

If the presence of leftwing antisemitism is explained in part by identity politics, what explains the return of its cruder rightwing cousin — or at…

Nov 12, 2025 • Guest Author

How the Trump Administration Is Breaking the CCP’s Hold on Rare Earths

Key to countering China’s dominance is to make mining and refining profitable again in the United States.

Oct 20, 2025 • Rod D. Martin and Guest Author

Explaining Trump's Genius in the Middle East

Trump’s unorthodox mix of pressure, power, and pragmatism shattered old diplomatic molds — delivering a rare moment of calm to the world’s most…

Oct 15, 2025 • Guest Author

The Salvation of Western Civilization: The Battle of Tours, October 10, 732 A.D.

Gibbon noted that had the Muslims won this day, all of Europe would have been Islamized and Western Civilization would have been extinguished.

Oct 10, 2025 • Guest Author

In Maps: China’s Military Activity in the Indo-Pacific

China is expanding its military operations and infrastructure throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Here's where, and what it means.

Sep 10, 2025 • Guest Author

Putting the "Deal" in Peace Deals: Trump's New Playbook, Explained

"Transactional" foreign policy horrifies the critics. Yet Trump's strategy enriches all parties, and ties their growing wealth to maintaining the peace…

Aug 27, 2025 • Guest Author

The EU Trade Deal: Are You Tired of Winning Yet?

Trump scores the biggest trade deal of them all, fresh off huge wins with China and Japan, plus NATO's commitment to a 250% defense spending increase.

Jul 28, 2025 • Rod D. Martin

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