Ambassador John Bolton gave a New Year round-the-world round-up  of hot spots to  FPA members. Talking to FPA President Ian Williams, he’s still keeping his powder dry for a potential run in in the GOP primaries, but does not see Trump as a serious contender. Kicking off from his current article on Isolationism he discusses what he sees as the weakness of Washington against Russia, China and Iran, dismissing fears of provoking aggressors like Putin and Xi and arguing for robust support of Ukraine and Taiwan. He contrasted Germany’s temporizing under Chancellor Scholtz with PM Kishida’ s rearmament program for Japan.  

Read John Bolton's recent article here: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.nationalreview.com_magazine_2023_01_23_containing-2Disolationism_&d=DwIFaQ&c=slrrB7dE8n7gBJbeO0g-IQ&r=xCRiejoqZ-ypXFPuP9WxWQ&m=b9hfv9hzBtljxFx6UDObHnnyLFKeyP5bq3u3E5BmwGHWDQp1eMEHqU3G0wNUwFTt&s=n1SDL8NktbsBtov5gx0H9QZ7AF7iFdk_8hWuFSBmDcA&e=  

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