by jpitney | Feb 19, 2025 | Foreign Policy, Reagan, Russia
Ronald Reagan, 1983: It was C. S. Lewis who, in his unforgettable “Screwtape Letters,” wrote: “The greatest evil is not done now in those sordid ‘dens of crime’ that Dickens loved to paint. It is not even done in concentration camps and...
by jpitney | Jan 28, 2025 | China, Foreign Policy, Trade
Karlyn Bowman at AEI: There is longstanding concern in public opinion about China’s unfair trade practices as well as sustained support for protecting workers’ jobs and American manufacturing. Fifty-two percent of registered voters in the new Harvard CAPS/Harris...
by jpitney | Dec 17, 2024 | Foreign Policy, Military
Mitch McConnell at Foreign Affairs: [For] years, congressional opponents of military spending absurdly insisted that there be parity between increases in defense spending and increases in nondefense discretionary spending, holding military power hostage to pet...
by jpitney | Oct 26, 2024 | Election Security, Elections, Foreign Policy, Russia
From ODNI: Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the following statement: “The IC assesses that Russian actors manufactured...
by jpitney | Sep 5, 2024 | Foreign Policy, Russia, Social Media, Uncategorized
Influence Operation Relied on Influencers, AI-Generated Content, Paid Social Media Advertisements, and Social Media Accounts to Drive Internet Traffic to Cybersquatted and Other Domains Note: View the affidavit here. The Justice Department today announced the ongoing...
