John Bolton
ARTICLES BY: John Bolton
Trump’s State of the Union: Right on Foreign Policy
President Trump’s first State of the Union address was not heavy on national security issues. It did, however, make one critical point: In reviewing the...
Mike Pence in the Middle East
Vice President Mike Pence’s trip to Egypt, Jordan and Israel exemplifies how much the Trump administration has changed America’s Middle East policy in its first...
Threats of 2017 — Mideast, Terror, Weapons — Will Linger in the New Year
Domestically and internationally, President Donald Trump finished 2017 in dramatic fashion. Obtaining the most sweeping tax cuts in 30-plus years (and repealing Obamacare’s most philosophically...
Trump’s Jerusalem Declaration Was Long Overdue
President Trump's announcement on Wednesday that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital was both correct and prudent from America's perspective. Much more remains...
America’s North Korea Decision Hinges on Trump’s Success in Asia
Substantively, President Trump’s Asia trip made important progress against North Korea’s nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs. For now, however, in this long counter-proliferation struggle,...
Lebanon’s Fall Would Be Iran’s Gain
Almost unnoticed in the coverage of President Trump's Asia trip, Lebanon is slipping under Iran's control. On November 3, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, a...
Trump Must Move the Israeli Embassy — Now
Whether to move America’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem has long been a subject of political debate in the US and abroad. It’s...
Thanks to Obama, Iran Leads America in the Middle East
The fall of Raqqa, capital of the Islamic State’s “caliphate” in Syria and Iraq, is unarguably an important politico-military milestone, albeit long overdue. Nonetheless, ISIS,...
Independence for Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan's recent referendum on whether to declare independence from Baghdad garnered only slight attention in the US. Even the overwhelming vote (93 percent favored...
Mr. Trump: Withdraw From the Iran Nuclear Deal
President Donald Trump will address US policy toward Iran on Thursday, doubtless focusing on his decision regarding Barack Obama’s badly-flawed nuclear deal. Key officials are now...
9/11 Sixteen Years Later: Lessons Put Into Practice?
Today marks the 16th anniversary of Al Qaeda's 9/11 attacks. We learned much on that tragic day, at enormous human and material cost. Perilously, however, America...
The Dangers of an Islamist Pakistan
Almost certainly, the war in Afghanistan will be won or lost in Pakistan. President Trump’s announcement last week that he will send more US troops -- some...
If He Wants to, Donald Trump Can Get out of the Iran Nuclear Deal
Although candidate Donald Trump repeatedly criticized Barack Obama’s Iran nuclear agreement, his administration has twice decided to remain in the deal. It certified its intention...
Time Is Ticking for Trump in Afghanistan
As President Trump wrestles with America's role in Afghanistan, he should first decide what our objectives are today, compared to what we wanted immediately after...