Tag: the U.N.

Feds Need to Act on Intelligence Briefings, Not Establish More Agencies

Commentary We are an odd nation. We aspire to be many things, to be included in multilateral fora, to be noticed. We want to be seen as important, as “not Americans.” Maybe that is partly a consequence of having the United States next door and feelings of inadequacy/fear. As Prime Minister Trudeau—Pierre, not the current…


Beijing’s Sway Over the UN Thwarts Taiwan Membership

Commentary The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence over the United Nations is used overwhelmingly to weaken support for Taiwan around the world. In 1971, China was a backward, agrarian-based totalitarian country that could neither feed itself nor offer much to the world. Its primary mode of transportation was the bicycle, and in its self-isolation it…