How to Counter China’s Fishing Fleet in the Western Hemisphere
The US Coast Guard should work with South American partners to end China’s illegal and environmentally harmful fishing practices.
The US Coast Guard should work with South American partners to end China’s illegal and environmentally harmful fishing practices.
Mr. Macron’s gambit rests on a fundamental miscalculation. It presupposes that France has the economic heft, military capabilities and political legitimacy to chart a truly independent course in world affairs.
By tying the Accords to the current Iran conflict, the Trump administration risks turning what was previously seen by regional states as a strategic opportunity into something approaching an unwelcome obligation. Doing so would end up serving neither the Accords nor U.S. regional policy well.
The Iranian regime may be down, but it is far from defeated. It is, moreover, adapting in ways that will invariably pose a problem for Western security—and a political and ideological challenge for its Muslim neighbors.