No Substitute for Strategy: What’s Wrong with “Defending Forward”
The Foundation for the Defense of Democracies latest report promises a restoration of the worst foreign policy ideas since the end of the Cold War. It should be ignored.
President Joe Biden has entered office promising reform at home and restoration abroad. But American foreign policy needs new thinking, not a return to the past. Despite the serial incompetence of the Trump administration and the poison pills it left behind, the two decades preceding Donald Trump were a time of massive American overreach, and yes, “endless wars.” As the fight to shape Biden’s foreign policy begins, the administration should pause before just pressing the reset button.
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Calls on Biden-Harris Administration to Urgently Support Policy Priorities
WASHINGTON The Armenian National Committee of America congratulates Joe Biden on his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States of America.
We join with our community, coalition partners, and Congressional allies in encouraging the Administration to engage constructively and cooperatively on U.S. policy priorities impacting Armenia, Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh), Eurasia, Eastern Mediterranean, and the Greater Middle East.
In light of the past Administration’s passivity and the aggressive intervention of hostile regional powers, the United States must now pivot toward a pro-active approach that protects and promotes the Artsakh Republic’s security; holds Baku and Ankara responsible for their war crimes and ongoing hostility; strengthens the U.S.-Armenia Strategic Partnership, and; locks-in permanent U.S. Executive Branch remembrance of the Armenian Genocide.
Under the leadership of
Hezbollah, the Shias in the south and the Bekaa Valley are basically the main religious caste shouldering the heavy burden of defending Lebanon from the frequent aggressions of Israel.
Without the Shiaa, south Lebanon would have long been swallowed by Israel and Lebanon divided and scraped from the number of independent States.
It is the Shiaa who forced Israel to
withdraw unconditionally from the south in May 24, 2000. It is the Shiaa who foiled the strategy of Israel of reconquering the south of Lebanon in July 2006 and installing a
Pax Americana in the Greater Middle East.
Hezbollah split from the main “Amal” Shia movement around 1983 and adopted an ideology tightly linked to the