Harry Halem Journalist Profile

Articles

Israel’s Attack Restores the Credibility of the West

2 weeks ago | niallferguson.substack.com | Niall Ferguson |Harry Halem

After TACO, now BDCO: Bibi Doesn’t Chicken Out. Early Friday morning, Israel launched a historic wave of attacks against Iran—the latest phase of the Israel-Iran war that effectively began on October 7, 2023. Israel’s Operation Rising Lion included both air strikes and a wave of Mossad-run assassinations across Iran that effectively decapitated the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Britain is far from prepared for the era of AI warfare

Jan 29, 2025 | spectator.com.au | Harry Halem

How safe will this country be under Labour? The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) is supposed to provide the answers. It hasn’t been published yet, but may already be out of date.
Britain is far from prepared for the era of AI warfare

Jan 29, 2025 | spectator.co.uk | Harry Halem

How safe will this country be under Labour? The Strategic Defence Review (SDR) is supposed to provide the answers. It hasn’t been published yet, but may already be out of date. It’s expected to make the case for defence spending to rise from 2.3 per cent of GDP to 2.5 per cent – but that won’t be enough for Donald Trump, who has asked allies to devote 5 per cent of their national wealth to the military.
How Trump Can Bring Putin to the Table

Dec 10, 2024 | theatlantic.com | Niall Ferguson |Harry Halem

As President-Elect Donald Trump prepares to seek a negotiated settlement to the worst European war since 1945, he confronts in Russia a counterparty with real bargaining power. Over the three decades since the end of the Cold War, Russia has become a serious international player, with greater military-industrial capacity than Europe and one of the world’s largest land armies, as well as the world’s second-biggest nuclear arsenal.
The Myth of the 'Global South' - Policy Exchange

Oct 21, 2024 | policyexchange.org.uk | Harry Halem

A new report from Policy Exchange, “The Myth of the ‘Global South’: A Flawed Foreign Policy Construct”, debunks the increasingly popular concept of the ‘Global South’. It urges the Government to stop using it as a framework for foreign policy and strategy — arguing that it harms our interests and helps our adversaries. The report finds that the ‘Global South’ community has no compelling basis in historical, economic or political reality, and so cannot explain or predict state behaviour.
Opinion | Hezbollah and the Russia-Iran Link

Oct 1, 2024 | wsj.com | Seth Cropsey |Harry Halem

The failed Iranian missile attack against Israel on Tuesday demands a powerful response. The Biden administration must support Israel’s effort to deter, or if necessary defeat, Iran and its proxies. The missile attack should convince the U.S. that it faces linked threats in Europe and the Middle East: Russia and Iran both aim to challenge American power.
The Coming World Crisis

Aug 22, 2024 | nationalreview.com | Seth Cropsey |Harry Halem
The Real Threat to Taiwan

Jun 4, 2024 | realcleardefense.com | Seth Cropsey |Harry Halem
American Strategy on the Brink

Mar 14, 2024 | commentary.org | Seth Cropsey |Harry Halem |John Podhoretz |David Adesnik

The Eurasian rimland is nigh-ablaze. The Middle East sits on the brink of large-scale war, which will not end absent a fundamental regional reorganization, and an enormous amount of human suffering inflicted upon Jew, Arab, and Persian alike. On the burning edge of the European continent, the Ukrainian armed forces hold off the Russian onslaught. In Asia, China menaces Taiwan, a legitimately representative democracy of 23 million with only the desire to determine their own fate and live unharassed.
Don’t Fall for the Russian Peace-Talk Jabber

Dec 18, 2023 | plus.thebulwark.com | Seth Cropsey |Harry Halem

IN RECENT WEEKS, there have been new public calls for negotiations of some sort with Moscow over the war in Ukraine. The problem with this notion is not simply that a “ceasefire” is highly improbable on terms amenable to Western and Ukrainian objectives. Rather, Western strategists and commentators have misconceived the role of diplomacy, and in particular diplomacy with Russia.