About: Patrick J. Buchanan
Posts by Patrick J. Buchanan
Stress Test for a Fading Superpower
Because America entered both world wars of the 20th century last, while all the other great powers bled one another, and because we...
Putin Wants His Own Monroe Doctrine
When the Union was fighting to preserve itself in the Civil War, the France of Napoleon III moved troops into Mexico, overthrew the...
What Matters Most to Nations and Peoples?
Speaking in Conroe, Texas, last weekend, former President Donald Trump accused his successor of allowing millions of migrants to enter the country illegally...
Is Democracy Dying or America Disintegrating?
“What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence...
NATO — Strategic Asset or Liability?
Is the territorial integrity of Ukraine a cause worth America's fighting a war with Russia? ...
Is Biden Right? Does the Left Own the Future?
Before he appeared at his first solo news conference of 2022, President Joe Biden knew he had a communications problem he had to...
By the Numbers, a Failing President
If the left believed that draping the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, around the neck of former President Donald Trump and the...
Biden Should Declare NATO Membership Closed
Ending NATO enlargement could be a victory for all of us. ...
Where Does NATO Enlargement End?
With NATO's continuous post-Cold War expansion into Central and Eastern Europe, America has to ask: If the risk of war with Russia grows...
Why the Left Cannot Let Go of Jan. 6
Why cannot our liberal media let it go? Why does the distortion and hysteria about Jan. 6 seem to grow with each retelling?...
Russia Is Not the Great Rival; China Is
While all facts are true, not all facts are relevant. And what are the relevant facts in this crisis where 100,000 Russian troops...
How We Forfeited the Fruits of Cold War Victory
Of the passing of that preeminence we had in 1991, let it be said: We did it to ourselves. ...
What To Do About That Russian Ultimatum
Ryabkov's call for U.S.-Russia negotiations at Geneva may be the place to begin a public reappraisal of our Cold War commitments. ...
Biden’s Full Plate — Ukraine, Taiwan, Tehran
Truly, Biden has a full plate of foreign policy crises. ...
Putin to Biden: Finlandize Ukraine, or We Will
Biden should tell Putin: The U.S. will not be issuing any NATO war guarantees to fight for Ukraine. ...