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, as reported by CNN, may advance the date for regular supersonic service. The article noted:
Nearly two years after rolling out its prototype supersonic demonstrator . . . Boom has unveiled a major new design (1:24) for its much anticipated “Overture” airliner, which will fly at twice the speed of today's subsonic commercial jets and is expected to carry its first passengers in 2029.
Dr. Nahro Zagros: Joe Biden went to the Middle East after 18 months in power, do you think his visit was successful?
Bolton: I don't think the trip was successful. I don't I don't think he demonstrated the kind of leadership, the kind of grasp of the many issues that face the region. You know, there's a theory in the United States that says that China is the big threat of the 21st century and we can forget about the Middle East, forget about Europe, and only concentrate on China. It's a big mistake.
Geoffrey Van Orden CBE, GIIS Distinguished Fellows and former leader of the Conservatives in the European parliament, writes: Over dinner in Brussels in January 2002, I put it to David Trimble (obituary, July 25) that one of the greatest strategic errors of the Northern Ireland Unionists and British government was to make little effort to rally those of Scots-Irish background in America to speak out against the Irish Republican caucus (those who support the Irish Republican cause - Sinn Fein/IRA for short) in Congress.
(Washington, DC) – The Kurdistan Region in Iraq is currently faced with several challenges that put at risk its stability and energy sector, but the risks go beyond the borders of Kurdistan and Iraq, and are a national security imperative for the United States and Europe.
Join the Gold Institute for International Strategy for a press briefing to discuss these concerns and the path forward.
أكد البروفيسور إيلى جولد رئيس مركز أبحاث "جولد" بواشنطن، والباحث فى العلاقات العربية الأمريكية، فى تصريحات خاصة لـ"اليوم السابع"، أن مصر تلعب دورًا قياديًا مهمًا ومشاركة الرئيس السيسى الفاعلة فى المحافل الإقليمية والدولية التى نلحظها خلال 9 سنوات رسخت مكانة مصر المحورية ودورها القيادى، لذا فإن مشاركة الرئيس عبد الفتاح السيسى ضرورية فى أى اجتماع أو مبادرة تمس الأمن العالمى أو الإقليمى، فهى أكبر وأقدم دولة فى المنطقة، ومشاركتها الفاعلة منحت الرئيس السيسى مكانة رجل دولة فى هذا السياق، وقد شاركت مصر منذ فترة طويلة فى تدريبات دفاع جوى وأمن، وتدربت مع الولايات المتحدة وغيرها.
By: John Wohlstetter
The Main Roadblock: Politics. Put simply, the Left’s ultimate goal on guns is not merely making schools safe. Rather, it is evisceration of the Second Amendment, by subjecting gun rights to the proverbial “death of a thousand cuts.” As straightforward amending the federal Constitution to eliminate the Second Amendment is a political non-starter, there being too many Red states to allow this to pass, death by oppressive regulation is a logical fallback play for the diehards.
