H. R. McMaster

H. R. McMaster, a retired Army lieutenant general, was President Trump’s national security adviser from 2017 to 2018 and is the author of “Battlegrounds: The Fight to Defend the Free World” (Harper, September 22, 2020).

Ukraine's courage against Russia shows free world how to stand up to Putin and Xi

OPINION May 31, 2022

Ukraine's courage against Russia shows free world how to stand up to Putin and Xi

President Biden returned from a trip to Asia last week after meeting with leaders of Japan, India, Austraila. The summit show how free nations should oppose Chinese, Russian dictators to preserve peace.

H.R. McMaster: Stop pretending Afghanistan catastrophe is anything but utter failure

OPINION October 7, 2021

H.R. McMaster: Stop pretending Afghanistan catastrophe is anything but utter failure

A fundamental lesson of Afghanistan is that wars are interactive and that progress in war and diplomacy is never linear. That is why the war in Afghanistan and the broader war against jihadist terrorist organizations is not over.

H.R. McMaster: Afghanistan is America's longest war – it's time for the delusion about it to end

OPINION March 22, 2021

H.R. McMaster: Afghanistan is America's longest war – it's time for the delusion about it to end

If the Biden administration abandons the weak agreement that the Taliban have already broken, it is possible to reverse a self-defeating strategy and sustain a long-term effort at a cost acceptable to the American people.

H. R. McMaster: Whether Trump or Biden wins, China still offers biggest challenge to our security, prosperity

China October 18, 2020

H. R. McMaster: Whether Trump or Biden wins, China still offers biggest challenge to our security, prosperity

The Chinese Communist Party is not only strengthening an internal system that stifles human freedom and extends its authoritarian control it is exporting that model across the globe.