We’ve reached the three-year mark of Putin’s three-day lightning strike to seize Ukraine. Evidently, Russia is hardly the superpower that we thought it was. What’s more interesting is that it’s not just Russia: over the past few years, a number of anti-democratic regimes have revealed that the West overestimated its strength. It’s worth understanding why […]
Author: Alex Lee, Staff Writer
Should We Be Worried About China?
For over 30 years, the US has been unquestionably stronger than any opponent to our national interests — the People’s Republic of China is bringing those days to an end. The underlying source of tension between the US and China is Bejing’s territorial dispute with Taiwan. Since 1949, both nations have rejected the other’s autonomy, […]
A TikTok Ban is Ridiculously Overdue
As one of his many campaign promises, Trump vowed to reverse Biden’s ban on TikTok, which would otherwise go into effect on January 19th. This is a complete reversal of Trump’s initial stance on TikTok, and following through on this promise after returning to the White House would absolutely be a mistake. While many social […]
How to Save Lives in the Israel-Hamas War
In recent months, we’ve seen a disturbing reminder of a pattern that’s repeated itself for decades in Israel: terrorists launch an attack from Gaza, putting the lives of Israeli civilians at risk; to protect its citizens, Israel responds by killing both the terrorists and the innocent Palestinian bystanders who are being used as human shields; […]
A Wakeup Call for Ranked-Choice Voting
After the definitive failure of campaigns from countless preferable candidates, President Biden and former President Trump finally received their party’s nominations. No powerful Democrats were willing to stand in opposition to Biden, and Trump’s grip on his loyalists was so strong that he managed to become nominated by ignoring his opponents. It’s difficult to view […]
What Does It Mean to be “Anti-War?”
We’ve all heard about the anti-war movement that washed over America in the 60s and 70s. The fiercest opponents of the Vietnam War were generally left-wing, usually motivated by either a belief in pacifism or by a disinterest in fighting in the name of capitalism. Others also argued that political change in Asia was simply […]
Why the West is Unprepared for WW3
Recent years have been packed with news about America’s enemies growing more aggressive. Russia invaded Ukraine. China dialed up tensions with Taiwan. Iran pushed several of its proxies to escalate attacks against Israel. Venezuela declared ownership of territory in Guyana. Serbia clashed with forces in Kosovo. North Korea fired hundreds of shells to intimidate South […]
Why I Was Wrong About Trump
Last April, I wrote an article titled “It’s Time to Accept That Trump is Irrelevant.” Given the current state of the primaries, it speaks for itself why that spectacularly wrong prediction is so laughable in highsight (for those who disagreed with me all along, this is your time to be smug). While I was clearly […]
Russia Has Already Lost the War
Putin’s invasion has irreparably harmed Russia’s interests in ways that cannot be compensated for with any amount of territorial gains — even taking the entirety of Ukraine would not change the failure of this war. Beyond Russia’s immense sacrifice of lives and equipment, Putin’s gamble has brought economic and strategic failures that are impacting his […]
Hamas is not Israel’s most dangerous threat
We’re approaching the one-year mark of Israel’s full-scale war against Hamas. The prolonged violence in the Gaza Strip has reached countless headlines as the IDF’s campaign to eradicate the embedded terrorists drags on. Far less attention has gone to the threat on Israel’s Northern border — Hezbollah, likely the most formidable terrorist organization on the […]