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The Lost Art of Diplomacy

Published on May 31, 2026 By sirrahc

“Excellence in diplomacy is a vital prerequisite to the success and endurance of great powers…. [T]he United States will need to recover the lost art of diplomacy.” — A. Wess Mitchell, “Recovering the Lost Art of Diplomacy” It is time to take a look at another great article via Hillsdale’s Imprimis newsletter. This one was […]

The U.S. Is Being Diplomatically Outmaneuvered by China

Published on December 4, 2022 By sirrahc

It’s not just China’s huge armies we have to be concerned about, or their technological know-how. To put it bluntly, we are losing the diplomacy game to Communist China. But, we don’t have to. I have posted before about the threat China poses not just to American dominance but to freedom and prosperity around the […]

An Appropriate U.S. Response to Iran

Published on June 30, 2019 By sirrahc

“The truth is that Iran and the United States are now engaged in a great chess match. But the stakes are not those of intellectual gymnastics. The game is no game, for it involves the lives, and possible deaths, of thousands.” — Victor Davis Hanson, noted author/historian/professor For the past couple days, the biggest Trump […]

Trump Replaces McMaster with Bolton

Published on March 25, 2018 By sirrahc

“I am pleased to announce that, effective 4/9/18, @AmbJohnBolton will be my new National Security Advisor. I am very thankful for the service of General H.R. McMaster who has done an outstanding job & will always remain my friend….” — Presidential tweet, 3/22/2018 So, McMaster is out and Bolton is in. Hmmm… First, a couple […]

Who Are We Fighting?

Published on September 30, 2012 By sirrahc

“We still have no strategy for dealing with this enormous long term threat. In many ways, the willful blindness of our elites has actually gotten worse.” — Newt Gingrich The following excerpt was recently reproduced in an email from Gingrich Productions. It is from Newt Gingrich’s book Winning the Future (2005), where he is discussing […]