InternationalNews
US to Open Embassy in Cuba. What That Means.
President Obama announced Wednesday morning that Cuba and the United States will be reopening embassies in each other’s capitals after over a half century of… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
Torn By War and Terror, This Syrian Minority Group Is Struggling to Survive
The Druze minority sect in Syria is facing a high-stakes game of survival in the complex web of alliances driving the country’s brutal civil war…. Read More
InternationalNews
In Under 2 Minutes, Here’s What You Need to Know About Greece’s Financial Crisis
The world has its eyes on Greece right now, as the country’s financial crisis has hit a peak after more than five years of instability…. Read More
InternationalNews
Iran Nuclear Talks Extended After Negotiators Miss Key Deadline
Negotiations between Iran and six world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program have been extended into July as diplomats failed to bridge differences on key components… Read More
InternationalNews
The Iran Nuclear Deal Deadline Is Today. Here’s What We Don’t Know.
Today is the self-imposed deadline for the United States to complete a nuclear deal with Iran. But key pieces of the deal—meant to contain Iran’s… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Taliban Attack on Parliament Signifies Importance of Continued U.S.–Afghan Security Partnership
Six Taliban militants attacked the Afghan Parliament building on Monday, as lawmakers were considering the nomination of Masoom Stanekzai as the new defense minister. The… Read More
EconomyInternationalCommentary
Brazil: Corruption Scandals Will Cast a Shadow over Obama–Rousseff Meeting
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will visit Washington next week, her first visit to the U.S. since taking office in 2011. President Obama says they will… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Chinese Say They’re Just Watching the Weather From Islands in South China Sea
Having antagonized much of the region with its island building in the South China Sea, as demonstrated by the loud chorus of concern heard at… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What America Can Learn From Europe’s Attempts to Stem Growth of Islamist Ideology
Watching Europeans grapple with multiculturalism as they attempt to stem the growth of Islamist ideology at home can be instructive. It may even convince U.S…. Read More
InternationalFeature
This Is What the Ukraine War Looks Like: 8 Days on the Front Line
PISKY, Ukraine—The notion that the Ukraine cease-fire is still largely holding, or even being followed at all, is fiction. In the eastern Ukrainian village of… Read More
InternationalNews
How the House Revived Obama’s Trade Deal
The House took the first step today to save President Obama’s trade agenda when it granted him negotiating power over a legacy-building deal with 11… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Hong Kong Rejects Communist China’s Bogus Election Plan
The people of Hong Kong have once again given the world a lesson in democracy and liberty, this time by rejecting a bogus election plan… Read More
InternationalCommentary
North Korea’s Brutal Regime, Not the Weather, Primary Culprit for Nation’s Food Shortage
In the past Pyongyang blamed its poor crop yield on alternating claims of cataclysmic floods and droughts that left South Korea unaffected. The reality was… Read More
InternationalCommentary
New DOTCOM Act Addresses Short-Term Concerns About the ICANN Transition
On June 17, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved an amended version of H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of… Read More
InternationalNews
How Can the US Save Syrians From Chemical Weapons Attacks?
During a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing this morning, experts agreed that by establishing a no-fly zone in Syria, the United States will be… Read More
InternationalNews
Why Conservatives Blame Republican Leadership for Failure on Trade
After Democrats helped imperil President Obama’s trade agenda, conservatives are insisting they can help rescue the trade effort—if House Republican leadership will let them. Conservative… Read More
InternationalNews
US Drone Strike Kills Al Qaeda’s Second-Ranking Leader
Al-Qaeda confirmed Tuesday a CIA drone strike killed its second in command, Nasir al-Wuhayshi. Al-Wuhayshi also commanded the terrorist group’s Yemen affiliate, al-Qaeda in the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why US ‘Engagement’ With Cuba Has Been Deadly for Human Rights Activists
President Obama’s engagement policy with the Castro regime, announced in 2009, has led to a massive increase in arbitrary detentions, violence against activists and the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Nepal’s Long-Awaited Constitutional Breakthrough
After nearly a decade of political deadlock, Nepal has finally taken steps toward landmark constitutional reform. On June 8, the four main political parties reached… Read More
InternationalNews
Anti-Communist Group Honors Cuban Dissident Who ‘Lost Hope’ in Obama
Americans and other friends of freedom need to keep pressure on the Communist regime in Cuba, if true democratic reforms ever are to take root… Read More
InternationalNews
This Day in Pictures: Remembering Reagan and His Famous Line, ‘Tear Down This Wall!’
One of the most recognizable quotes of Ronald Reagan’s presidency was deemed too controversial and was almost never spoken. Peter Robinson, a young speechwriter for… Read More
InternationalNews
Ukraine Prime Minister Wants US Help to Deter Russia
Military training is appreciated, but Ukraine needs more from the U.S. if it is to stave off Russia, its prime minister said in Washington this… Read More
InternationalNews
How Has India’s Prime Minister Performed After 1 Year?
One year after the historic election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, policy experts are commending his performance in foreign policy while criticizing his… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Think That News Story Online Is a Hoax? It May Be Written By Russian Propagandists
Did you ever hear the one about the Columbian Chemicals factory in Centerville, La., blown up by ISIS terrorists on Sept. 11? Possibly not—because it… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Turkish Voters Rebuke Authoritarian, Pro-Islamist Party
Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Turkey yielded a resounding vote of no confidence in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian and pro-Islamist policies. Erdogan’s political party,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
State Department Is Misleading Americans About Russia’s Treaty Violations
The State Department isn’t being honest with Americans about Russia’s violations of arms control treaties and other politically binding commitments. Take the State Department’s annual… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Assessing the Future of the US-UK Special Relationship
The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is a political creation that reflects underlying realities. To assess the future of that… Read More
InternationalNews
How a Shuttered McDonald’s Symbolizes the Fight for Peace in Ukraine
MARIUPOL, Ukraine—In 1995, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman coined the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention, also known as “McPeace.” The idea was that… Read More
InternationalNews
Renewed Violence in Ukraine Spurs Fears of All-Out War With Russia
KYIV, Ukraine—For those who might have thought the Ukraine conflict was finally fading from the headlines, this week should serve as sufficient evidence to the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
China’s Plan to Challenge US as a Rising Global Power
What is China up to? It’s been building artificial islands in the South China Sea. Recently, two motorized artillery pieces were spotted on one of… Read More
