Vice President JD Vance was expected to meet with Iranian negotiators on Sunday. Pakistan, an intermediary in the talks, said it was sending a delegation.
U.S. partners all lack either the capability or motivation to join a credible anti-China coalition. The post Washington Doesn’t Have the Right Teammates to Contain Beijing appeared first on The American Conservative .
China Washington Doesn’t Have the Right Teammates to Contain Beijing U.S. partners all lack either the capability or motivation to join a credible anti-China coalition. U.S. political leaders and opinion shapers now openly regard the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as a dangerous challenger to America’s status as the dominant global power. Sometimes that point is made in relatively polite ways, for example, using the term “economic competitor” or “peer power” with respect to China. Increasingly, though, the preferred labels in Washington are: rival, challenger, expansionist threat, security threat, and the like.…Open
Florida is redder than ever, but what comes next won’t be for the governor to decide. The post How Ron DeSantis Lost Control of His Own Succession appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics How Ron DeSantis Lost Control of His Own Succession Florida is redder than ever, but what comes next won’t be for the governor to decide. There was a moment, not too long ago now, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was lord of his own private, eternal Republican fiefdom. In the era of Covid, which lasted nearly half a decade, DeSantis made Florida into his own image, a rebellious enclave on the outskirts of an institutionalized consensus that required forced masking, forced lockdowns, and the promise of a mandatory vaccine that would lead America and the rest of the world from the darkness. As a reward for his temerity, DeSantis…Open
Protests in Albania against plans for a luxury tourist site have become a cause célèbre for opponents of President Trump and his family. But the politics are local.
Mainstream media, former surgeon general hype "nearly 40 percent" reduction in heart problems related to COVID itself, ignoring that it's only 1% of heart problems in study, and Washington Post botches core finding itself.