Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet

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  • Dec 4, 2025
    Predictably, as many of us foresaw, Tuesday’s meeting at the Kremlin between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump’s special...
  • Nov 1, 2025
    Sixty-three years later, a new Cuban Missile Crisis is in the making. Team Trump is building up a vast array of military forces in the Caribbean.  
  • Oct 16, 2025
    Back in August, while standing alongside President Trump in Alaska, Russian President Vladimir Putin chuckled while glancing back at the B-2 stealth bomber flyover. He...
  • Oct 8, 2025
    President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza quickly gained steam after it was released by the White House on Monday. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan,...
  • Oct 2, 2025
    President Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza quickly gained steam after it was released by the White House on Monday. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan,...
  • Sep 10, 2025
    Russian President Vladimir Putin— likely emboldened by his red-carpet treatment by Chinese President Xi Jinping last month at the Shanghai Cooperation...
  • Jul 10, 2025
    Beware of fiery Chinese dragons proffering peace proposals to end the bloody fighting in Ukraine. They are not what they seem to be.  
  • Jun 27, 2025
    In medieval or ancient times, given his chaotic approach to foreign policy and national security, President Trump might have hoped to be known as “Trump the Disruptor.”...
  • May 29, 2025
    Team Trump has a growing Iranian problem. Tehran’s latest purported nuclear offer — a farcical proposal to pause uranium enrichment for a year in exchange for...
  • May 8, 2025
    Chinese President Xi Jinping’s four-day state visit to Russia, which began yesterday, is sending Europe and the U.S. a stark message. Beijing’s “no...
  • Apr 18, 2025
    The increasingly ubiquitous Steve Witkoff — President Trump’s special envoy to Russia and Iran — is fast approaching Mr. Bean-like territory....
  • Apr 4, 2025
    The first is the one Russian President Vladimir Putin declared against the West when he invaded Ukraine. The second one is metaphorical — the one President Trump...
  • Mar 6, 2025
    Europe is facing an existential crisis.  
  • Feb 6, 2025
    In February 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin was facing a choice: He could either be the Don of the Donbas and bag its riches, or he could become the Czar of...
  • Jan 25, 2025
    Moscow is in a tizzy: The denizens of the Russian capital did not see this version of President Trump coming for Mad Vlad.  
  • Jan 23, 2025
    President Trump is taking the country down a very different geopolitical path. The yet-to-be-determined future of the Land of Oz lies ahead, especially in Ukraine, the Middle East...