The U.S. has become a deeply unserious nation in danger of losing its preeminent global role to China. This is the caustic evaluation of commentator and comedian, Bill Maher. When parody presents the most prescient insights into impending policy failure, it’s probably worth at least considering a course correction. The consequences of continuing on the…
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Responding to the Belt and Road Rout
It’s a bad sign for the free world when a headline blares, “China is convinced that America is in decline.” There are many reasons why China’s leadership could consider America to be a fading superpower, but certainly, one is its inconsistent and insufficient response to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) over the past eight…
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Grossi Gets Ahead of the Evolving Nuclear Agenda
Topping the list of necessary skills for an effective Director General (DG) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are the ability to walk a political tightrope, often without a net, while orchestrating multiple rings of the global nuclear circus. Despite this taxing high-wire act, the new DG, Rafael Grossi, has decided that the job…
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Leadership Strategy for Climate, Nuclear Energy, and Global Security
The recent blackouts in Texas are a black eye for the nation and underscore the perils of a changing climate. If the punishing winter storms of 2021 weren’t enough, the U.N. secretary general has called it a red alert that the latest national commitments to carbon reduction would reduce emissions by less than 1 percent. This sets the stage for a U.S.-proposed climate summit on Earth…
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