No images? Click here Walter Russell Mead argues that the failed assassination of Donald Trump reinforced the “Jacksonian” movement in the United States—and that this is bad news for the Democratic Party. To keep up with its adversaries, the American military needs to rapidly adopt new commercial technologies, write Leon Panetta and Hudson’s Mike Gallagher in the Wall Street Journal. Bryan Clark examines how lessons from Ukraine’s use of sea drones could play an important role in the defense of Taiwan. Luke Coffey reviews the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s successes and shortcomings at the Washington summit. He argues that the alliance needed to do more to combat the greatest current threat to Europe’s security, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the Wall Street Journal, Mike Watson warns that the French election results suggest that “antisemitism gained a new respectability in the French political center, and anti-Americanism is ascendant.” Before you go . . . NATO’s Washington summit communiqué called China a “decisive enabler” of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Jonathan Ward explains why this is an important shift in the competition between China and the West. Act now. Be a part of promoting American leadership and engagement for a secure, free, and prosperous future for us all. |