Moldova’s election test against Russia

September 22, 2025

Moldova’s election test against Russia

On September 28, Moldova, a country of about 2.6 million people tucked between Ukraine and Romania, will hold parliamentary elections. For most Americans, Moldova is a little-known place. But the outcome of these elections matters: the vote will test whether Russia can continue to shape politics in Europe through subversion, money, and cyber operations, and whether Europe […]

France’s budget woes will require European Central Bank intervention

Trade unions in France perceive themselves as the voice of the workers against the political elites and the wealthy. Last week, the unions and their supporters took to the streets to inject themselves directly into the political fight over a 2026 budget. Perhaps 800,000 people participated in anti-austerity demonstrations with the purpose of persuading President Emmanuel Macron and his new Prime Minister […]

ABC’s Jonathan Karl insists Kirk’s assassination ‘wasn’t political’

On Sunday’s episode of ABC’s This Week, host Jonathan Karl furrowed his brow somberly and, with the resonant tones honed at anchor school, looked into the camera and declared, “The murder of Charlie Kirk was not a political act.” Legacy news talking heads have twisted themselves into human drill bits to obscure Tyler Robinson’s motive […]

What a Mamdani win would mean for law enforcement

There is no question that one New York City mayoral candidate, if elected, will greatly jeopardize New York’s law enforcement operations and leave the entire population defenseless. “Zohran Mamdani spent years calling the NYPD racist and a major threat to public safety. New Yorkers aren’t stupid. They know his record. Defunding and dismantling law enforcement […]

America’s bold defense push signals global comeback

President Donald Trump’s recent moves to patrol the southern Caribbean Sea, vows to open up a new U.S. Embassy on Russia’s doorstep, and moves to send the latest fighter jets to Puerto Rico prove one thing: America’s global dominance is back. “I think we eventually want to open up our embassy again, we want to […]

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Buttigieg is right: Democrats’ obsession with identity politics cost them in 2024

Here’s a line I didn’t think I’d wake up and write today: former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is exactly right. Vice President Kamala Harris should have given voters more credit and picked the best-qualified running mate, identity politics be damned. In a passage from Harris’s forthcoming book 107 Days, published in the Atlantic this week, […]

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