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John Bolton

January

Even Henry Kissinger, the master of strategic ambiguity in US-Chinese relations, conceded it could not last indefinitely.

Trump should heed Kissinger on Taiwan

Even the master of strategic ambiguity in US-Chinese relations conceded the status quo could not last indefinitely.

December 2023

 Only if the West show it possesses the resolve to impose significant costs on Iran will they persuade the ayatollahs that proceeding further will bring them intolerable pain.

The West may now have no option but to attack Iran

Tehran does not feel pressured enough to restrain its expendable surrogates, proving that the West has not established conditions for deterrence.

April 2021

US special forces rush a wounded Afghan soldier to a helicopter in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province in December 2010.

Bring the troops home is a dream, not a strategy

A full withdrawal from Afghanistan is a costly blunder and failure of leadership that will increase the terrorism threat to the US and its allies.

November 2020

Donald Trump

Trump is trashing the Republican brand

The Republican Party still has elections to win. It cannot let Trump build his own image by refusing to concede, at the expense of their own credibility, writes John Bolton.

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