Walter Russell Mead makes a comparison between Germany under the Kaiser and China today. After sacking Bismarck, Kaiser Wilhelm II said and did things that tended to alarm his neighbors, eventually drawing them together into alliances that just a few years before would have been unthinkable, Mead says. He points out that, in recent weeks, Chinese leaders are saying and doing things to alarm their neighbors, drawing them back into the arms of the United States.

Anne Applebaum wonders why the Chinese have suddenly moved from a successful campaign of quietly making (or buying) friends and influencing people, to rashly lashing out at their neighbors.

Victor Davis Hanson says the President's job approval rating will soon drop to 40% or lower, and he explains why it is happening.

Marc Thiessen argues that even if the GOP does not take the Senate, it won't matter, as the Democrats will be enfeebled anyway.