<![CDATA[ - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]> http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/rss/archive/17220.xml Author <![CDATA[Tell the Truth About What Russia Is Doing]]> Tue, 02 Sep 2014 00:00:00 -0500 As the Ukraine crisis has intensified over the past six months, Russia has been developing a new form of warfare – inserting special forces, provoking, and slowly, deliberately escalating the conflict. Russian actions flout international law and the agreements that have assured stability in the post-cold war world. But warnings and sanctions have thus far failed. The Nato summit in Wales this week offers the best, and perhaps last, opportunity to halt aggression in Europe without major commitments of Nato forces. But to do so requires a deeper understanding of the situation and much more resolute allied action.

]]> <![CDATA[Lessons From Kosovo in Syria]]> Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0500 Once again, the United States appears poised to strike with its military forces in the Middle East, this time to punish Syria's regime for deploying chemical weapons against its own citizens. Some have cited NATO's 1999 Kosovo campaign that I directed against Serbian forces as a precedent. That effort was a successful one that saved lives. But how comparable is it to possible strikes against Syria's regime?

]]> <![CDATA[Inaction Is Not an Option in Syria]]> Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500 FOLLOWING the Obama administration’s conclusion last week that President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have used chemical weapons, the talk in Washington is all about military assistance to Syria’s rebels. That aid is necessary, but observers have overlooked a crucial point: the American decision to give rebels lethal aid, though it might eventually contribute to the overthrow of Mr. Assad, opens an opportunity for concerted diplomacy to end the bloodshed.

]]> <![CDATA[Are We On Verge of Accidental War With N. Korea?]]> Sun, 07 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0500 (CNN) -- What if war is triggered by accident or some kind of miscalculation on the Korean peninsula?

This is a possibility that has provoked worry, analysis and preparations for more than 50 years. The recent bellicose rhetoric from the young, unproven leader of North Korea raises this possibility to a new height. What precisely is the risk, and what should be done about it?

The angry rhetoric of Kim Jong Un has set a record for extremism. And yet, going all the way back to the negotiating tactics used in the Korean War, the North has used an extreme, abusive and contradictory style.

]]> <![CDATA[Obama Must Learn From Vietnam]]> Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500 <![CDATA[How Democrats & Military Can Get Along]]> Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:00:00 -0600