Max Boot

‘First of all let us rid ourselves of the foolish error that with the army alone we can maintain the security of the state,” Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, warned in 1951.

“First of all let us rid ourselves of the foolish error that with the Army alone we can maintain the security of the State,” warned Israel’s first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, in 1951. “Security ...

Trashing America's European partners while undermining its Asian allies' security.

The “secret sauce” of American power in the post-1945 era has been the country’s network of alliances. The Soviet Union had satrapies in Eastern Europe, but few real friends. Russia doesn’t even have satellite states anymore, aside from Belarus. It...

All the options are bad, and the president has no one but himself to blame.

On May 23, President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war with Iran was almost finalized and would be “announced shortly.” Yet more than two weeks later no deal has been unveiled, and U.S. and Iranian forces continue to exchange fire regularly....

The secretary of defense uses a D-Day speech to attack allies and immigrants

On May 23, President Donald Trump said a deal to end the war with Iran was almost finalised and would be “announced shortly”. Yet more than two weeks later no deal has been unveiled, and US and Irania...

A coaching change was exactly what New York needed to end its 53-year NBA title drought.

For once, the president’s lack of consistency and conviction proved an advantage.