By: John C. Wohlstetter, Senior Fellow

The normally astute New York Post columnist Miranda Devine recently reported that House Republicans are considering appointing Lee Zeldin for a number of positions, including that of speaker of the House. Zeldin’s term as a representative ends with this Congress. Having run for governor of New York and lost, he will not sit in the new House come January 2023.

By: BG Ernie Audino (USA-Ret), Senior Military Fellow

Bullets snapping across a battlefield are equal opportunity employers. That’s because bullets don’t discriminate based on skin color, and soldiers don’t shoot more or less accurately because of their skin color.

By: John C. Wohlstetter, Senior Fellow

The chance that Russia will go nuclear in Ukraine is as close to zero as it can get.

By: Maria Maalouf, Guest Contributor*

The UAE’s President, Sheik Muhammad Bin Zayed, met in Moscow with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin amid much turmoil in international politics. There is American anger at the OPEC decision to cut oil production by 2 million barrels daily.

There is also a war going on between Russia and Ukraine. The Biden Administration should positively view the active diplomatic role of the United Arab Emirates and the wise statesmanship of Muhammad Bin Zayed.

By: Geoffrey Van Orden CBE, Distinguished Fellow

How very deeply saddened we all are at the death of Her Majesty the Queen this afternoon at Balmoral. She has been the monarch and enduring and constant symbol of our nation, respected throughout the world, over much of the lives of so many of us.

By: John C. Wohlstetter, Senior Fellow

Recently TAS published my article, Mach Miracles: The Joy of Commercial Supersonic Flight. Therein I speculated as to when such service might return. A new announcement by Boom Supersonic,