By Courtney Joyner ~ Does the slogan “America first” also mean “America alone?” That was the question asked Friday during the Conservative Political Action Conference, following President Donald Trump’s second summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. Among panelists discussing Trump’s “America first” foreign policy were Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a member of the […]
February 18, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
By Thomas Spoehr ~ MUNICH—The annual Munich Security Conference opened Friday with the largest U.S. delegation in the five decades of its history. The conference has grown into one of the leading forums for discussion of international issues. Included in the list of participants for the 2019 conference are numerous heads of state, among them […]
September 26, 2018 by PA Pundits - International
By Fred Lucas ~ President Donald Trump defended the sovereignty of America—and every other country—before the 73rd United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, in his second address to the world body. To the other world leaders and diplomats, Trump delivered an unpopular message against globalism, while also calling for cooperation. He delivered tough talk to […]
September 22, 2018 by PA Pundits - International
The State Department’s latest report on global terrorism shows that current policies are working. By Michael Swartz ~ While there are no doubt many millions around the globe who reflexively dislike President Donald Trump’s foreign policy, many of those critics in certain strife-torn nations such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Somalia, and Syria should thank him for […]
January 20, 2018 by PA Pundits - International
By Dr. Peter Brookes ~ Team Trump gains ground standing up to bad guys Mainstream media reporting can give the impression that the Trump administration is fraught with chaos, leaving the affairs of state abroad unattended to or adrift. Indeed, you’d think that nothing could possibly be getting done in American national security and foreign […]
January 4, 2018 by PA Pundits - International
By Lawrence Sellin Ph.D. ~ In his first Tweet of 2018, President Donald Trump highlighted the chronic Pakistani duplicity in regard to the war in Afghanistan: “The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, […]
July 19, 2017 by PA Pundits - International
By Amil Imani ~ There has been a nonstop discussion about President Trump’s temporary proposed ban of the entry of persons from six Muslim majority nations. While I applaud President Trump for his courageous stand on this important issue, I am disappointed that he did not go far enough Here’s Trump’s grand mistake in my […]
July 8, 2017 by PA Pundits - International
By Lee Edwards ~ There is something about a crisis and a foreign venue that brings out the best in an American president. In June 1963, when the Berlin Wall seemed permanent and the Iron Curtain impenetrable, President John F. Kennedy traveled to West Berlin to reassure the captive peoples of Eastern and Central Europe […]
April 15, 2017 by PA Pundits - International
By Andrew Bolt ~ Ann Coulter has a point on Donald Trump’s missile attack on Syria- but only if you ignore what he’s trying to do with the far more serious threat North Korea poses to the US. Coulter: War is like crack for presidents. It confers instant gravitas, catapulting them to respectability, bypassing all […]
April 14, 2017 by PA Pundits - International
By James Carafano Ph.D.~ Why did America just drop the mother of all bombs? There is the glib answer: Because we can. Then there is the technical answer: Because it was right for the job. The U.S. military on Thursday dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, on an Islamic […]
April 9, 2017 by PA Pundits - International
By Fred Lucas ~ In what will almost certainly be the defining foreign policy decision of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days seems to be a significant shift from his noninterventionist rhetoric on the campaign trail in facing down Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, […]
March 2, 2019 by PA Pundits - International
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