InternationalCommentary
Russia’s intelligence services have finally admitted what most have already suspected: that a bomb brought down the Russian commercial airliner over the Sinai Peninsula last… Read More
InternationalCommentary
On Nov. 12, President Barack Obama said of ISIS: “What is true is that from the start, our goal has been first to contain, and… Read More
InternationalNews
Unity. It’s what fueled the violent terrorists who killed more than 132 people and injured 350 more in Paris Friday. But it’s also fueling citizens… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In light of the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, which resulted in at least 139 dead and another 350 wounded, there has been significant discussion… Read More
InternationalPoliticsSecurityCommentary
Helmut Schmidt—chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982 and staunch U.S. ally—is dead. As chancellor, Schmidt saw his country through the fight against the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Tehran seems determined to demonstrate that the nuclear agreement struck by the Obama administration will not alter the nature of the Iranian regime one whit…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
The effects of 21st-century socialism in Venezuela are horrifying. According to the International Monetary Fund, Venezuela’s economy will shrink by at least 10 percent in… Read More
InternationalCommentary
With the decision to conduct a Freedom of Navigation operation (FONOP) in the waters around China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea, U.S.-Chinese relations… Read More
InternationalCommentary
There’s a lot of confusion about the announcement by the White House late last week about the upcoming deployment of U.S. special operations forces to… Read More
InternationalNews
AMMAN, JORDAN—In the small town of Marka, Jordan, about 20 minutes from downtown Amman, hundreds of Christian refugees and their families live under the steadfast… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Did it escape your attention that last month was the 70th birthday of the United Nations? Did you miss the opportunity to celebrate by following… Read More
InternationalCommentary
China’s recent decision to abandon the one-child policy in favor of a two-child policy, while welcome, is neither a fundamental policy shift nor a long-term… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Last week, two press freedom groups—Reporters Without Borders and the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory—issued a press release detailing the plight of independent media in the northern… Read More
InternationalCommentary
KATHMANDU, Nepal—About two months before a mortar killed him, 19-year-old Ukrainian soldier Daniel Kasyanenko smoked a cigarette with me in a trench in eastern Ukraine…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Last month during a speech in Madrid, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, boasted of popular support for EU integration. The boast came… Read More
InternationalCommentary
A new lot of emails released by the State Department on Halloween were so newsworthy that not even the holiday could drown it out. It… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In U.S. Arctic policy, President Barack Obama has focused on climate change. He also officially changed the name of Mt. McKinley to Denali, a decision… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Last June, Turkey held a general election, but no single party won enough seats within the legislature to form a single ruling party. After a few… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The number of Chinese billionaires has increased by almost 70 percent in the past year, according to figures in the 2015 “Hurun Rich List,” an… Read More
InternationalPoliticsSecurityCommentary
Benghazi has been much in the news because of the long-awaited testimony by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As important as it is to… Read More
InternationalNews
POKHARA, Nepal—It’s been 43 years since the CIA cut off support to the Tibetan guerillas that the agency trained and armed to fight a covert… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Bangladeshi authorities are set to execute two senior opposition politicians for alleged war crimes committed 45 years ago—by an International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) that… Read More
InternationalCommentary
On Oct. 29, the European Parliament approved a resolution (passed by 285 votes to 281) calling “on European Union Member States to drop any criminal… Read More
InternationalCommentary
I never thought I’d say this, considering recent events, but we may have to—gulp—thank Russia for something: a potential positive (and long overdue) shift in… Read More
InternationalNews
Young 11-year-old Jin-ho treks into the North Korean mountains every morning collecting firewood to earn just enough to keep him and his starving mother alive…. Read More
InternationalNews
China is abandoning its controversial “one-child policy” in favor of a universal two-child policy, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. The move comes after several… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Over the weekend, four important elections occurred in the Western Hemisphere. Argentina and Guatemala held presidential elections; Colombia held local and municipal level elections. (Haiti… Read More
InternationalNews
POKHARA, Nepal—In 2010 Dilu Ranabath left Nepal to find work in Iraq. He took out a $4,000 bank loan to pay a fixer to get… Read More
InternationalNews
DHARAMSHALA, India—When Sonam Dorjee was a Buddhist monk at the Debung Monastery in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, he would not kill an insect. After… Read More
InternationalCommentary
After months of discussion, and an interval of three years, the United States has finally matched actions to its verbal challenges of China’s island-building in… Read More
