InternationalCommentary
The first U.S.–Africa Leaders Summit concluded this week. President Obama has, quite expectedly, characterized it as “an extraordinary event, an extraordinary summit.” The three-day summit… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Military expert Steven Bucci, director of the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation, takes your questions on the current situation in… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Michelle Bachelet, president of Chile, is reforming the country’s education system and paying for it by raising corporate taxes. Bachelet aims to increase the corporate… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“[Obama] has some real opportunities here. Hamas has just been crushed. Egypt’s been a power broker here. He has a unique opportunity in this situation… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Earlier this week, the Associated Press ran an investigative piece on the U.S. Agency for International Development and its democracy promotion efforts in Fidel Castro’s Cuba…. Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Yesterday’s killing of U.S. Army Major General Harold Greene in Afghanistan will not change the administration’s plans to leave a residual force in the country… Read More
InternationalCommentary
African leaders are in Washington this week for the White House–sponsored U.S.–African Leaders Summit, a meeting of nearly 50 African heads of state meant to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John F. Kirby said that the killing of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Harold Greene in an insider attack at a training… Read More
InternationalCommentary
On July 31, Argentina defaulted on its sovereign debt. This was the second time in 13 years that Argentina has defaulted and the eighth time… Read More
InternationalNews
Want a look inside the secret tunnels that terrorist group Hamas has used to infiltrate Israel? Take a tour with Sean Hannity. The Fox News… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“They’ve had major riots, that have not just been anti-Israeli policy, but are blatantly anti-Jewish. … They’re predominantly the immigrant Muslim populations in Germany and… Read More
InternationalNews
Jon Voight, the Oscar-winning actor and father of actress Angelina Jolie, says he is “heartsick” about two fellow Academy Award winners who denounce Israel’s actions… Read More
InternationalCommentary
African leaders and citizens had great expectations in 2008 that the election of President Barack Obama would elevate the prominence of Africa and its concerns… Read More
EnergyInternationalCommentary
In recent years, the United States has seen a huge oil and natural gas boom fueled by hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and horizontal drilling. Now, American… Read More
InternationalNews
Should Russia play host to the World Cup in 2018 in light of its recent aggression against its neighbors? Prominent people on both sides of… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
American officials have confirmed that Russia has been violating the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. The INF Treaty was concluded in 1987 and prohibits all… Read More
InternationalNews
At dawn last Friday, a group of hooded men — hidden, but unmistakably officers from Venezuela’s Military Intelligence — burst into the cell of political… Read More
InternationalCommentary
A recent United Nations report shows that both pro-government forces and rebels in Syria have been actively recruiting children to fight in the civil war…. Read More
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Reports indicate major violence erupting in western China this week, with knife-wielding assailants attacking two towns. Casualties are said to involve dozens of Uighurs and… Read More
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Reports from China indicate that retired senior leader Zhou Yongkang is under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party… Read More
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Cuban dissident Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera personifies courage. The petite Afro-Cuban dissident has suffered beatings, imprisonment and sexual harassment at the hands of Raul Castro’s… Read More
EconomyInternationalCommentary
One argument keeps coming up in favor of reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) is that letting the bank expire would amount to unilateral disarmament. This… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“Japan needs Korea as a strategic partner and friend,” said Takeo Kawamura, senior member of the House of Representatives in Japan at an event on… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russian violations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty come as a surprise to only those who have not been paying attention to foreign policy in the… Read More
InternationalNews
Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina says $2 billion in federal aid and other U.S. investment in Central America could help end the flood of immigrants across… Read More
EconomyInternationalCommentary
U.S. employment growth has recently accelerated, and the Federal Reserve is winding down its program of buying U.S. Treasuries with expectations of raising interest rates… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (known as Dodd-Frank) is not just damaging the U.S. economy through excessive and ill-designed regulations. It’s also… Read More
InternationalNews
Hillary Clinton has no regrets about the Russian reset. Clinton told NPR’s John Harwood in an interview Thursday that she believes “that the reset worked.”… Read More
EnergyInternationalCommentary
As the civil-war-stricken Iraqi government continues to battle the Islamic State, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been closely watching its substantial oil holdings… Read More
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As part of the ongoing military campaign in Gaza, the Israeli military says it is now focused on destroying underground tunnels that Hamas is using… Read More
