Foreign Affairs

Because tariffs, by design, raise the price of imported goods, tariffs are paid by U.S. consumers and businesses. It’s not inflation, since inflation is about the money supply, but it’s a price increase nonetheless—call it “tarifflation.”

There will be no peace in the Middle East until the Iranian menace is addressed. Trump has long campaigned on draining the Washington swamp. He still needs to do that. But he, perhaps with the aid or Europe and Israel, also needs to drain the swamp in Iran.

According to a Gallup poll many Americans say, "no." 

Both Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and his Morena party and Biden and Democrats say the current judicial system is a threat to democracy. But what they really want is a high court that kowtows to progressive demands. 

The fact that Iran already secretly funnels money to numerous organizations implies the Iranians have a well-established international network of money launderers and could easily direct funds to key pro-Hamas protesters in the U.S

Russia’s use of chemical weapons in Ukraine marks a major escalation and a signal to other dictators they can use chemical weapons and the UN, media and the U.S. will look the other way.

Today, there’s a different, four-country Axis of Evil: Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.

We might adopt “reluctant interventionism,” avoiding entanglements when possible, but recognizing that some interventions are necessary. But in today’s interconnected world, a strident isolationism isn’t just bad policy, it’s dangerous. 

Prominent Paris Agreement signer Russia is producing a 'gusher' of oil.