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America Must Combat Global Islamophobia

April 12, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in Religion/Morality

The global Muslim population will be targeted amid rising global tensions. The United States has the global influence to save millions of these lives. 

Tagged Islam, Islamophobia, Muslim, Omar, Putin, Schakowsky, XiLeave a comment

Ukraine is Actually Making Taiwan More Confident

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in China, Eastern Europe, russia, Taiwan

As Ukraine fights for sovereignty and territory, Taiwan is increasingly inspired to think more highly of its own self-defense.

Tagged China, Putin, russia, Taiwan, Ukraine, Wolf warriorLeave a comment

The Iraq War Was a Good Idea. It’s Time to Invade More Countries.

April 1, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in Uncategorized

America can and should use force to shape the entire world, especially when there is not a clear and direct threat to American security.

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A Better Russian Strategy: Containment

March 29, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in Eastern Europe, NATO, russia, United Nations, United States

It is time for the U.S. to modernize and apply the doctrine of containment to the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine. This will ensure that the U.S. can work with and protect its allies without exacerbating the war.

Tagged Biden, Containment, Kennan, Putin, russia, UkraineLeave a comment

Pomp and Circumvention: Hard Lessons for Diplomacy with Russia

March 23, 2022March 23, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in Europe, russia

While Russia’s recent actions make them seem a dishonest and irrational actor, many fail to recognize their ideological motivations to keep Ukraine within its sphere of influence.

Tagged Diplomacy, Putin, russia, UkraineLeave a comment

Evergrande and the Limits of “Common Prosperity”

March 17, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in Asia, China, Economics

Western commentators hoping that the Evergrande crisis is a sign of Chinese decline are mistaken. The CCP will neither let Evergrande blow up or bail them out. 

Tagged China, Common Prosperity, Evergrande, Xi JinpingLeave a comment

Party Like It’s 1979: Comparing Ukraine and the Last Soviet Invasion

March 17, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in Eastern Europe, History

Ukraine’s current conflict is heading the same way as the Afghan war: away from the hallmarks of a “conventional” conflict and towards a protracted insurgency promising high costs for both sides.

Tagged 1979, Afghanistan, bin laden, mujahideen, russia, Security aid to Ukraine, Soviets, UkraineLeave a comment

More Money for the Pentagon is Not a Solution

March 4, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in United States

Two things can be true at the same time.  Yes, Putin’s Russia poses a significant security threat to the free world. No, America is not in need of more funding for its military-industrial complex.

Tagged Biden, defense spending, foreign aid, Jim Risch, Mitch McConnell, NATO, pentagon, russiaLeave a comment

Pay Attention to Putin’s “Denazification” Claims

March 4, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in Eastern Europe, Europe, History, russia

American foreign policy experts must take Putin’s “denazification” language far more seriously, because they could be a subtle promise of terrible atrocities in the near future.

Tagged denazification, Nazi, Putin, russia, UkraineLeave a comment

America Must Rediscover the Trade Policy of the Founders

February 25, 2022 by realistreviewstaff, posted in Economics, History

The ideological assumption was that interdependence prevents war. Thus, the loss of manufacturing jobs and the reduction in the middle-class wages of Americans was worth global peace. 

Tagged Economic policy, Founding Fathers, Hamilton, Trade, Washington, WTOLeave a comment

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