Aaron Kliegman

The Coming Nuclear Crisis With Iran — Better Now Than Later

By Aaron Kliegman | June 12, 2020
The Coming Nuclear Crisis With Iran — Better Now Than Later

Foreign policy usually comes down to a choice between bad and worse — or, at least bad and less bad, for those optimists out there. I know, it’s not exactly inspiring — but it’s the truth. The lesser evil may cause contention, even conflict, but ultimately it will be less destructive than the alternative. Such is the case with America’s effort to stop Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

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The Anti-Fascist Fascists

By Aaron Kliegman | June 10, 2020
The Anti-Fascist Fascists

No word in the English language is weaponized more freely and recklessly by people who don’t know what it means than “fascism.”

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China Just Gave the US a Huge Strategic Opportunity

By Aaron Kliegman | June 5, 2020
US and China Flags Newt Gingrich

Buried in the news cycle, lost amid the flames and broken glass from the rioting and looting across America, is a potentially tectonic shift in global geopolitics. We could already be at a major strategic turning point in the nascent Cold War between the US and China — but only if Washington takes advantage of Beijing’s recent blunders.

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How George Floyd’s Killing Became an Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory

By Aaron Kliegman | June 2, 2020
How George Floyd’s Killing Became an Antisemitic Conspiracy Theory

Anti-Israel activists are blaming the Jewish state for George Floyd’s death, invoking antisemitic conspiracy theories to make their cases.

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In Other News: North Korea Still Has Nukes — and Is Making Them More Powerful

By Aaron Kliegman | May 29, 2020

Even today, people seem to have forgotten that, at least in the short to medium run, North Korea poses arguably the greatest threat to the US, its interests, and its allies. (China is the great long-term strategic threat.) After all, the North has nuclear weapons, could theoretically defeat the US in war, and is ruled by a dictator who is strange and unpredictable.

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The Gray Lady Has a Jewish Problem

By Aaron Kliegman | May 14, 2020
Newt Gingrich An Eyewitness to Terror

Today, 72 years after Israel declared independence, Israel’s enemies know they can’t defeat Israel militarily, so they use a different strategy: Make Israel look belligerent on the international stage to undermine the Jewish state politically, diplomatically, and economically. To its eternal shame, the Times bolsters this nefarious effort each day with its distorted coverage of the Jewish state.

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Trump’s Secret Weapon for November: Joe Biden

By Aaron Kliegman | May 1, 2020
Biden Tulsa Newt Gingrich

Before the coronavirus hit, President Trump could take credit for a booming economy. Indeed, for the first three years of his presidency, economic growth was strong and consistent. Businesses were feeling confident. Americans had more money in their pockets.

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