By CONRAD BLACK, Special to the Sun | March 27, 2021
https://www.nysun.com/national/after-first-60-days-biden-is-drifting-into/91459/
By Niall Ferguson via Bloomberg
Niall Ferguson warns of China’s capability of overtaking Taiwan in the near term. He explains that the United States’ commitment to Taiwan has grown verbally stronger, even as the US has become militarily weaker relative to China in the Indo-Pacific region. He also argues that if Washington fails to deter such a crisis, it will mark the end of American predominance in Asia.
Jonathan Schanzer and Mark Dubowitz — Newsweek
Countless news outlets have portrayed the nascent Biden administration’s foreign policy as rapidly pivoting away from President Donald Trump‘s much-maligned “America First” approach toward “Americans together” or “America is back,” to name just a few. The implication is that the United States will no longer prioritize its narrowly defined self-interest or pursue merely transactional deals at the expense of the greater good. Read more
Clifford D. May, Emma Reilly, Orde Kittrie and Richard Goldberg — FDD's Foreign Podicy
With the defeat of the Axis Powers in 1945, the United States emerged as the strongest nation on earth. But rather than emulate hegemons of the past, American leaders envisioned a new and different world order. Their goal was to organize an “international community,” establish “universal human rights,” and a growing body of “international law.” This project required new institutions, in particular the United Nations. Listen here
Richard Goldberg — The Dispatch
The U.N.’s nuclear chief on Monday all but accused Iran of lying to international inspectors about the existence of undeclared nuclear material and sites inside the country—an alarming development in an investigation that predates America’s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal. The statement raises an important question for the Biden administration: Will Iran be required to account for its past and present clandestine nuclear work before President Joe Biden agrees to lift U.S. sanctions? Read more
David Adesnik – The National Interest