This article appeared in The National Review on January 7, 2020. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton and John Yoo January 7, 2020 The first great conflict of Joseph Biden’s presidency could erupt on the field of national security. In his most significant foreign-policy achievement, President Donald Trump withdrew from Barack […]
This article appeared in The KORUS Journal. By John Bolton December 2020 Issue The presidential election is now settled, and the Transition underway. Joe Biden is choosing his White House staff; making nominations for Cabinet and sub-Cabinet positions across the government; and consulting with congressional and other experts about possible legislation, executive orders, and policy […]
Trump’s recognition of Moroccan sovereignty dangerously undermines decades of carefully crafted U.S. policy. This article appeared in Foreign Policy on December 15, 2020. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton December 15, 2020 Outgoing President Donald Trump’s Dec. 11 proclamation that the United States would recognize Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara marked […]
This article appeared in The Washington Post on December 10, 2020. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton December 10, 2020 On Monday, Donald Trump will officially lose the 2020 presidential election. In their respective states, electoral college delegations chosen by the citizens will meet to cast their ballots. If there are […]
Misguided opposition in the Senate bodes ill for U.S. Mideast policy in the Biden administration. This article appeared in The Wall Street Journal on December 6, 2020. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton December 6, 2020 Senate opposition to the proposed U.S. arms sales to the United Arab Emirates reflects a […]
How the GOP can regain the voters Trump alienated, but also keep those whom he attracted. This article appeared in The Dispatch on November 30, 2020. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton November 30, 2020 Donald Trump’s post-November 3 conduct has been consistent with his entire presidency: wholly centered on Donald […]
How Trump is weakening America: His refusal to concede defeat strengthens Russia and China This article appeared in The New York Daily News on November 17, 2020. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton November 17, 2020 As Russia, China and other adversaries try to undermine our citizenry’s confidence in American institutions, […]
China is not the juggernaut of Wall Street financiers’ imaginations, but that doesn’t make its expansionism any less of a threat. This article appeared in The Wall Street Journal on November 17, 2020. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton November 17, 2020 With Joe Biden’s election now declared by the press, […]
THE 2020 US election is over. Welcome to another uniquely American institution, the “transition” to the Biden Administration. This article appeared in The Daily Express on November 15, 2020. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton November 15, 2020 We have perhaps the longest transition of any democracy, inherited from the Constitution’s […]
This article appeared in The Washington Post on November 11, 2020. Click here to view the original article. By John Bolton November 11, 2020 As of this writing, the Republican Party has not suffered permanent damage to its integrity and reputation because of President Trump’s post-election rampaging. This will not be true much longer. Trump […]