Frederick Kempe

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  • Jul 16, 2024
    During NATO’s seventy-fifth anniversary summit in Washington last week, my private conversations with allied officials almost always landed on concerns about this year’s...
  • Jun 28, 2024
    At the start of a meeting here with newly inaugurated Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te last week, my mind wandered to an encounter just a year ago with Ukrainian President Volodymyr...
  • Jun 7, 2024
    There is a time for everything. Today, it was important to reflect on the Allied victory on this, the eightieth anniversary of D-Day. Those who died that day, in...
  • Apr 18, 2024
    Forgive the Israelis if they aren’t in the mood to take the victory lap the White House has suggested to them, following the remarkable defense of their territory from an...
  • Jan 22, 2024
    Amid the geopolitical gloom that pervaded the World Economic Forum here this past week—with intractable wars in Europe and the Mideast and unsettling tensions in...