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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

UN Population Agency Seeks to Cover Up the Disaster They Wrought

They are spinning their continued population control measures as incentives for childbearing. If you still think the world faces "overpopulation", that…

Jul 22, 2025 • Guest Author

Midway: The Battle That Almost Lost World War II

Losing at Midway might well have meant losing both Europe and the Pacific. And we nearly did.

Jun 7, 2025 • Guest Author

18 Spectacularly Wrong Predictions Made Around the First Earth Day

The prophets of doom were not simply wrong, but spectacularly wrong. Over and over and over again. They still are.

Apr 22, 2025 • Guest Author

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