Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson speaks on U.S. policies toward Russia, North Korea, and Islam and if the 'U.S. could be heading for another armed, global conflict that would make World War II seem like a minor skirmish'.

“God is on the side of the big battalions.” The historical record is opaque about whether it was Napoleon, Turenne, Voltaire, or indeed any identifiable Frenchman who made that statement, but, in this age of supposedly post-industrial warfare, He has apparently changed His mind. Equipped with an iPhone and GPS-guided munitions, God has broken the phalanx, emptied the battlefield, and super-empowered the individual. Mass—particularly the large military formations of the modern era: infantry divisions and corps, aircraft carrier battle groups, tactical air wings—has gone out of style.

President Barack Obama announced on Monday that leaders of the G7 countries have agreed to maintain sanctions against Russia over Moscow's role in the ongoing conflict in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

At 94, Hoover Institution fellow George P. Shultz is still the indispensable adviser. Republican presidential contenders, to prove their bona fides on economic and foreign policy, or just the skill of governing, have trekked to Shultz's corner office at the conservative Hoover Institution on the campus of Stanford University, if for no other reason than to be able to say later when asked about their readiness for the White House: I met with Secretary Shultz.