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Ron DeSantis’s Cold, Hard Reality

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Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage. Updated at 4:40 p.m. ET on January 16, 2024 Even before the caucus began, Matt Wells was working the room. The 43-year-old wore an autographed Ron DeSantis trucker hat as he strolled up and down the aisles of the Washington High School auditorium in rural southeast Iowa, greeting neighbors and passing out DeSantis flyers. When it was time for three-minute speeches, Wells spoke from the podium without notes, his voice quivering with emotion. DeSantis “always backs up his…

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Radio Atlantic: This Is Not Your Parents’ Cold War

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During the Cold War, NATO had nightmares of hundreds of thousands of Moscow’s troops pouring across international borders and igniting a major ground war with a democracy in Europe. Western governments feared that such a move by the Kremlin would lead to escalation—first to a world war and perhaps even to a nuclear conflict. That was then; this is now. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is nearly a year old, and the Ukrainians are holding on. The Russians, so far, not only have been pushed back, but are taking immense casualties…

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Trump Has Put the US and China on the Cusp of a New Cold War – New York Times

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New York Times Trump Has Put the US and China on the Cusp of a New Cold WarNew York Times“China has politics too,” he said. “The whole notion of 'back down' and 'face' is as live a consideration within internal Chinese politics as it is within U.S. politics.” Mr. Trump's aggressive moves drew intense criticism from some quarters at home …After 'major escalation' in US-China trade war, what happens next?KBZK Bozeman News all 8,394 news articles » us politics – Google News

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