InternationalCommentary
Obama Does Not Have the Authority to Lift Embargo on Cuba
Cuba’s release of American hostage Alan Gross is to be welcome. Gross has vegetated in a Cuban jail for five years for the crime of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Cuba’s release of American hostage Alan Gross is to be welcome. Gross has vegetated in a Cuban jail for five years for the crime of… Read More
InternationalNews
The Cuban government today freed American contractor Alan Gross after five years of captivity, in a negotiated agreement that signals an overhaul in U.S. policy… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have picked a bad time to try to restore the Russian empire. Collapsing energy prices are weakening the value… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In 2013, Laos and China forcibly repatriated nine North Korean children. Now, the fate of these children is in question. Recent reports from North Korea… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Following a unanimous vote in the National Assembly’s Infrastructure Committee, Nicaraguan officials have begun preparations for the so-called Interoceanic Grand Canal, which will connect to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Cars began transiting through Hong Kong’s Admiralty district overnight for the first time in 75 days, as police finally brought an end to that city’s… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It is no secret that the Obama administration has a tense relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu due to sharp differences on key foreign… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
The FBI declared on December 9 that there is “no attribution to North Korea at this point” of the massive cyber attack on Sony Pictures… Read More
InternationalSocietyCommentary
Today, Human Rights Day, countless individuals in Asia are facing immense religious persecution. The Pew Forum for Religion and Public Life found that religious hostilities… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“Saturday Night Live” often acts as a good barometer of what’s going on in the world. Last week, its opening sketch nailed just how grumpy… Read More
InternationalCommentary
For the American left and its allies in the major media, Barack Obama’s resounding victory in the 2008 presidential race was supposed to mark a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Demands by Hong Kong’s people for the autonomy and freedom that China promised has gotten Beijing’s autocrats into such a tizzy that they’re losing sight… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
On November 28, the terrorist group Boko Haram attacked a mosque in Kano, a city in northern Nigeria, killing more than 100 people according to… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
On November 15, a crowd of 30,000 Georgian protestors took to the streets of Tbilisi to protest Russian policies in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Rumors are swirling that the Obama Administration could try to push the International Monetary Fund (IMF) “reform package” through the lame duck Congress. As they… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Remember the KGB? According to Canada’s ambassador for religious freedom, Andrew Bennett, Russia is back to its old tricks of intimidation—specifically in Crimea and eastern… Read More
InternationalCommentary
With the world no longer looking in so intently, police in Hong Kong overnight swept in and cleared one of the largest protest spots in… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Obama administration was forced to punt once again at the talks on Iran’s nuclear program when the Iranians refused to budge on their maximal… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
The Kurdish people are often described as the largest ethnic group in the world without a nation-state; nevertheless, they have greatly influenced regional events—most recently… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The 2014 Global Slavery Index (GSI) found that there are nearly 36 million victims of human trafficking worldwide. Of that, 36 million, nearly two-thirds, are… Read More
InternationalCommentary
At least 15 social and political activists were arrested in Cambodia in yet another attempt by the Hun Sen government to silence dissent. The incident… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Japan’s economy contracted by 1.6 percent annually between July and September, according to preliminary results released Sunday night. Following a second-quarter contraction of 7.3 percent,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Following the disappearance and alleged murder of 43 students in Mexico, widespread protests have engulfed many Mexican cities. In late September, the students were abducted… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Chinese dissident Wei Jinsheng blasted U.S. broadcasting to China, offering yet one more reason for Congress to put broadcasting reform back on the table when… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Historically, economics has often driven the narrative surrounding presidential visits to Asia. Consider President Obama’s 2009 trip to China in the midst of the global… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
The post–Cold War world continues to provide the U.S. with a myriad of dynamic threats, from Iran’s increased aspirations to acquire nuclear weapons capability to… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
On October 31, the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress announced the passing of public servant and scholar David M. Abshire. Ambassador… Read More
InternationalCommentary
President Obama may be poisoning the well with his executive action on immigration, but in at least one area there was welcome bipartisan comity in… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What’s the takeaway from President Obama’s meetings with Chinese president Xi-Jinping? While the Obama administration has been trumpeting an agreement by both sides to limit… Read More
InternationalCommentary
On October 20, two female ministers in Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet, Yuko Obuchi and Midori Matsushima, resigned over alleged improper use of campaign… Read More