Dmitri Alperovitch

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Trump-Kim, Part II, Could Shake Up the World

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When Donald Trump takes office, he will face an array of authoritarian adversaries — China, Russia, Iran and North Korea — that are coalescing into a formidable axis intent on challenging U.S. power. Together, they represent America’s greatest foreign policy threat, and the Trump administration should act quickly to exploit potential weak links in this coalition before it hardens into a unified bloc.

North Korea is that weak link. Its leader, Kim Jong-un, is a cynical and deeply transactional despot whose insecurities, ambitions and questionable commitment to China and Russia provide America’s best opening. Mr. Trump’s history with Mr. Kim during his first term positions him better than any previous president to make a deal with North Korea that is advantageous for America.…  Seguir leyendo »

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Three weeks into Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine, things are clearly not going as planned for the Kremlin. Except for Kherson and Melitopol, the Russian military has not captured any major Ukrainian cities. Russia’s advance into Kyiv has been slowed by logistical failures and resupply problems, and high numbers of casualties appear to be taking a toll on Russian troop morale. Russia’s air force, for its part, has failed to establish air supremacy over Ukraine, a shocking misstep that leaves Russian ground troops exposed to aerial attacks and complicates Russia’s ability to conduct aerial reconnaissance and bomb Ukrainian forces. Moscow is also clearly losing the global information war, as images of heroic Ukrainian resistance fighters and desperate Ukrainian refugees arouse pro-Ukraine sympathy around the world.…  Seguir leyendo »