Arthur Cyr

Opinion

Opinion: Disruption and instability are growing in Africa

Coups have also taken place in recent years in Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea, Niger, Mali and now Gabon in late August

By Arthur Cyr

Former President Donald Trump arrives to board his plane at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va.

Opinion

Opinion: How many U.S. presidents have been impeached — and is Biden next?

Several U.S. presidents, including Trump, have been impeached by the House but failed to reach two-thirds majority required for conviction by the Senate

By Arthur Cyr

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, U.S. President Joe Biden, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nauseda attend the NATO Summit in Lithuania.

Opinion

Opinion: NATO proves to be an enduring alliance

The strategic realities of a now dangerously aggressive, expansionist Russia under President Vladimir Putin is the most important incentive to retain NATO, and it has reenergized the alliance

By Arthur Cyr

In this photo provided by South Korean Defense Ministry, a U.S. B-52 bomber, C-17, and U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during a joint air drill in South Korea on Dec. 20, 2022.

Opinion

Opinion: U.S. B-52 bombers join South Korean drills while tensions escalate with North Korea

The ongoing confrontation between North Korea and South Korea continues to build

By Arthur Cyr

U.S. President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak shake hands in the Oval Office.

Opinion

Opinion: Rishi Sunak’s visit to D.C. highlights importance of the U.S.-U.K. relationship

The relationship between the United States and Britain was forged during World War II and has endured despite strains

By Arthur Cyr

President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, May 22, 2023, in Washington.

Opinion

Opinion: Who is the biggest winner in the debt ceiling agreement?

President Biden, Speaker McCarthy and their staffs came to an agreement on the debt ceiling. Who benefitted most?

By Arthur Cyr

G7 leaders prepare to participate in a wreath laying ceremony at the Peace Memorial Park as part of the G7 Hiroshima Summit in Japan on May 19, 2023.

Opinion

Opinion: China and Russia don’t have the advantage of a united G7

The public purpose of the Group of 7 is fostering economic stability. The other related purpose, however, is to diminish the likelihood of war

By Arthur Cyr

Britain’s King Charles III during a visit to the Whittle Laboratory in Cambridge, England.

Opinion

Opinion: The coronation delves deeper than royal family drama

Understanding King Charles III’s predecessors can give deeper meaning to the coronation

By Arthur Cyr

President Joe Biden reacts as South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol sings “American Pie” by Don Mclean on April 26, 2023.

Opinion

Opinion: The importance of the ‘American Pie’-singing South Korean president

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol recently visited Washington D.C., for the 5th time this year, highlighting the importance of the relationship

By Arthur Cyr

President Joe Biden arrives to speak outside St. Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina, Ireland, April 14, 2023.

Opinion

Opinion: Preserving a fragile peace in Northern Ireland

How President Biden’s visit to Ireland can highlight the history between Britain and Ireland

By Arthur Cyr

High school students demonstrate outside the Pantheon monument in Paris

Opinion

Opinion: France has a history with instability. Are current protests threatening a return to that past?

Recent hostilities in France around the retirement age and a water reservoir have tensions high.

By Arthur Cyr

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, left, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, shake hands.

Opinion

Opinion: Reforging ties between Japan and South Korea after a troubled history

Despite Japanese occupation, reparation disputes and political kidnappings, South Korea and Japan are ready to move forward.

By Arthur Cyr

A Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is launched from Plesetsk in northwestern Russia on April 20, 2022.

Opinion

Opinion: How committed is the world to nuclear arms control?

Russia signed a treaty limiting nuclear warheads, but now the treaty may be unraveling.

By Arthur Cyr

Opinion

Opinion: Don’t overlook Germany’s role on the world stage

President Biden recently met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany. This led some to question the necessity of the meeting, overlooking Germany’s important role

By Arthur Cyr

Crowds panic in the Wall Street district due to the heavy trading on the stock market in New York City on Oct. 24, 1929.

Opinion

Opinion: How does our current economy compare to previous recessions?

The stock market crash of 1929, the recession of 2008 and our current moment have many contrasts.

By Arthur Cyr

A U.S. Air Force U-2 pilot looks down at a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon as it hovers over the United States.

Opinion

Opinion: The long history of balloons for military use

In the aftermath of the Chinese spy balloon, it’s helpful to look at how the world has been using balloons in the previous centuries

By Arthur Cyr

Opinion

Opinion: US relationships with Turkey, Syria can be restored through humanitarian aid

Relations between the US and Syria and Turkey have been strained in recent decades. Our humanitarian aid should not be affected by past tensions

By Arthur Cyr

This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows sailors recovering a high-altitude surveillance balloon on Feb. 5, 2023.

Opinion

Opinion: The balloon is more evidence of recent Chinese aggressions

At the start of February, the Philippines and the United States reached a major agreement to expand U.S. military presence there. That, and other economic alliances, are meant to deter Chinese expansion.

By Arthur Cyr

Somalia security officers carry away the dead body of someone who was in killed in clash between attackers and soldiers in Mogadishu.

Opinion

Opinion: Terrorist leader killed in Somalia. Where are at with the war on terror?

Bilal al-Sudani, a terrorist leader, has been killed by U.S. Special Operations Forces in Somalia along with 11 other members of the Islamic State.

By Arthur Cyr

In this May 19, 1969, file photo, a wounded U.S. paratrooper grimaces as he awaits medical evacuation in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

Opinion

Opinion: 50 years since the Vietnam War — a lawsuit, lives memorialized and the end of the draft

On the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, Arthur Cyr looks back at the lessons learned and legacies left by the war

By Arthur Cyr

In this Oct. 10, 2021, file photo, a woman holds up Taiwan national flags during National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan.

Opinion

Opinion: The complex history of Taiwan

China’s communist leaders insist Taiwan is part of their country, but history might say otherwise

By Arthur Cyr

Opinion

Opinion: The good news you need: We are living longer, poverty is declining and democracy is spreading globally

Don’t be discouraged by the media scare stories. There are beacons of hope in the news

By Arthur Cyr

This Oct. 19, 2014, file photo shows Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arrive in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican.

Opinion

Opinion: What have previous popes done for the world?

Pope Francis deserves support as he pursues the path of his predecessors toward fundamental concerns of universal importance.

By Arthur Cyr

In this Jan. 6, 1945, file photo, American tanks wait on the snowy slopes in Bastogne, Belgium.

Opinion

Opinion: Christmas 1944: A battle to be remembered

The Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the U.S., was fought Christmas 1944.

By Arthur Cyr

Viktor Bout addresses the party congress in Moscow, Russia.

U.S. & World

Opinion: The man on the other side of Brittney Griner’s prisoner swap

Brittney Griner’s return is cause for celebration — but what about the man who was traded for her?

By Arthur Cyr

Kids holding signs against critical race theory stand on a stage near Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as he addresses the crowd.

Opinion

Opinion: The ‘Stop W.O.K.E. Act’ and free speech — How this Florida judge protected the Constitution

Freedom of expression is essential for our wider society.

By Arthur Cyr

Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. President Joe Biden in front of a row of Chinese flags and American flags.

Opinion

Opinion: Joe Biden and Xi Jinping’s meeting — ‘Utopia has not yet arrived’

Tensions between America and China have been rising, and the historical context gives significance to the recent meeting between Biden and Xi.

By Arthur Cyr

Opinion

Opinion: Why is America sending B-52 strategic bombers to Australia?

Australia remains vital to the U.S., especially when international tensions rise

By Arthur Cyr

This image from the Twitter page of Elon Musk shows Musk entering Twitter headquarters.

Opinion

Opinion: Elon Musk’s battle to defend free speech

Twitter is Elon Musk’s chance to champion free speech

By Arthur Cyr

Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak leaves 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022.

Opinion

Opinion: All eyes on a head of lettuce? The building crisis in Britain

After the resignations of Boris Johnson and then Liz Truss, can Rishi Sunak pull it together?

By Arthur Cyr