A new report from the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) predicts the future turmoil driven by competition between free societies and the authoritarian-corruption nexus will be a “defining threat to freedom in the 21st century.” The report was presented by Clay R. Fuller, a Jeane Kirkpatrick Fellow at AEI, on July 8. Dismantling the Authoritarian-Corruption Nexus […]
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How Maduro’s Actions Could Influence Would-Be Dictators
From WAR ROOM —Online Journal of the U.S. Army War College “Observers figure that if the US, Mexico, or Brazil are unwilling to intervene in [Venezuela], they are presumably even less likely to care about dictatorships in countries with fewer resources.” The extraconstitutional power grab may have domino effects for other caudillos who want to retain power on the continent, despite unhappy populaces. The international community’s […]
Essay: Geography as the Cornerstone to Foreign Policy
From Claremont Review of Books The Dutch-American writer Nicholas Spykman observed in 1944 that “geography is the most fundamental factor in foreign policy because it is the most permanent.” Many thinkers treated geography and geopolitics as passé fields of study after America’s victories in the Cold War and against Iraq in the early 1990s. Instead, many U.S. policymakers […]
Critics: N.J. Gun Control Laws Disarm Off-Duty Officers
New Jersey police officers are no longer allowed to carry ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds when off duty. Signed into law in June by Gov. Phil Murphy, the restrictions—for all gun owners in the state—took effect last week. A federal court ruled the law constitutional in October, but gun rights groups are […]