Nuctech’s rise from a Chinese state-backed start-up to a global border-security supplier has made it a lightning rod in trade and subsidy disputes.
The City of Light is not what it once was—nor are the Americans visiting it. The post Au Revoir to the Good Life in Paris appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture Au Revoir to the Good Life in Paris The City of Light is not what it once was—nor are the Americans visiting it. TakiMag Bereft of air conditioning, Americans in Paris last week cursed the locals for their antediluvian ways. Parisians did not exactly take it with a wry Gallic smile. Stomach-churning entitlement and sheer effrontery, they answered I was in the City of Light on my way to the Alps, and read most of this stuff in the newspapers. Yes, it was hot, very hot, but walking down the Seine and along the quais, in the small park at the head of the Île de la Cité, or passing Notre Dame glistening in the sunshine,…Open
It looks like a calculated move to isolate Turkey. The post Israel’s Opportunistic Recognition of the Armenian Genocide appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Israel’s Opportunistic Recognition of the Armenian Genocide It looks like a calculated move to isolate Turkey. (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images) Israel’s recent decision to formally recognize the World War I-era Armenian genocide deserves a skeptical eye. After decades of silence, the Netanyahu government’s vote to recognize the Ottoman Empire’s atrocities is less a belated act of moral clarity and more a calculated move to isolate Turkey by weaponizing a historical tragedy. (The resolution still needs to be ratified by the Knesset.) Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar framed the gesture in…Open
The United States should pursue a pullback no matter how much Europe spends on defense. The post European Rearmament Is a Trap appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs European Rearmament Is a Trap The United States should pursue a pullback no matter how much Europe spends on defense. Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that a plan by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to announce sweeping troop cuts in Europe had been blocked. Per the WSJ : The U.S., [Hegseth] planned to say, was preparing additional cuts to its forces in Europe that would go beyond the canceled deployment of an armored brigade to Poland and the earlier withdrawal of an infantry brigade from Romania… But Hegseth’s proposal was nixed after it was shared with Marco Rubio—President Trump’s…Open
The Joint Sea exercise represents a challenge this year to the international order upheld by the U.S., according to defense analysts.
An Air Force major could face dismissal from the service and loss of his security clearance after protesting on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
A court will decide on Tuesday whether to uphold Ms. Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction. If it does, the far-right leader will probably be barred from running for the presidency next year.
After days of public mourning ceremonies in the Iranian capital, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s coffin arrived in Tehran’s Azadi Square. This is what I saw covering the miles-long procession on Monday.
The focus at a leaders’ summit in Turkey this week will be on building a new model for the alliance, as President Trump pushes to do less and pressures others do more.
The Department of Labor's latest agenda says the agency plans to restructure the Program Electronic Review Management system.