Coalitions Can’t Solve Syria Crisis
As the Obama Administration readies to respond to with force against the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria for employing chemical weapons, it has been pretty… Read More
Remembering the Victims of Communism and Nazism in Eastern Europe
Today, August 23, is remembered across much of the world as Black Ribbon Day in remembrance of the millions of victims of Nazi and Communist… Read More
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Burma’s Release of Child Soldiers: Promising, but Not Enough
This past week, Burma announced the release of 68 child soldiers from its ranks. This latest action is promising, but progress toward ridding the army… Read More
Zero Troops in Afghanistan: The Taliban Dream Option
“The zero option is the Taliban dream option. An abrupt drawdown would pave the way for the Taliban to regain influence and cripple the U.S…. Read More
Top 5 Questions Everybody Is Asking on North Korea (VIDEO)
1. Does North Korea have nuclear weapons? North Korea conducted its third nuclear weapons test in February in defiance of international efforts to halt its… Read More
The Danger of Defense Cuts: North Korea Just a Reminder
Amidst increased sequestration cuts and North Korean threats of hostility, U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel expressed deep concern on Thursday over the increased danger… Read More
Iraq: Take a Day to Remember
Today is the 10th anniversary of the beginning of the war in Iraq. There will be much heated debate and discussion today about how the… Read More
WORD CLOUD: Obama and Romney at the Final Presidential Debate
In what has been a season of memorable debates, President Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney faced off one last time at Lynn University in… Read More
3 Questionable Foreign Policy Statements in the Second Presidential Debate
The second presidential debate is done, and the pundit debate regarding its meaning continues. President Obama made three questionable statements relating to national security, and… Read More
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Congress Must Address Both Defense Sequestration and Deficits
Earlier this week, the Obama White House criticized Members of Congress for examining the effects of the $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts scheduled to… Read More
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VIDEO: Navy Faces Readiness Crisis as More Ships Unprepared for Combat
The year was 1979. America’s military had emerged from the Vietnam War earlier in the decade and was now facing sizable and significant budget cuts…. Read More
Somebody Watched Too Many Episodes of ‘The West Wing’
The closer we get to the election, the more the White House rewrites the notion of “state secrets.” First there was the sneak-peek of Osama… Read More
A Return to War for Sudan and South Sudan?
Not even a year after South Sudan’s independence from Sudan, the world’s newest country is already on the brink of war with its longtime foe…. Read More
The Danger of Disarmament and the Recipe for War
World War I had killed millions, and in its aftermath, the great nations of the world were in an arms race that was alarming and… Read More
The Founders on War & Peace
Next Tuesday, the contenders for the GOP presidential nomination will square off in another debate, this time focused on foreign policy. If the last few… Read More
PODCAST: The Constitution and National Defense
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, former Attorney General Ed Meese and graduate fellow Marion Smith discuss the Constitution and providing for the common defense…. Read More
Obama’s Fantasy of War
Progressive Presidents love war in the shadows. During World War I, Woodrow Wilson wanted to spy on all Americans. FDR created the OSS during World… Read More
Top 10 Reads: July 6, 2011
Catching you up on clips, commentary and news of the day. Sign up for the daily email update from Scribe. What would the founders do about… Read More
Morning Bell: Time to Dump the Afghanistan Timeline
The Washington Post reports today that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. commander in Afghanistan, apologized for an upcoming article in Rolling Stone magazine that portrays him… Read More
President Obama’s Memorial Day Vacation
This weekend, President Obama will skip Memorial Day services at Arlington National Cemetery, and instead he will take his family to Chicago for rest and… Read More
A Shrinking Navy
The United States is a maritime nation. The military is the nation’s guarantor of freedom of the seas and protector of global sea lines of… Read More
Stop the Presses: Putting Flashy Defense Spending Sound Bites in Context
In a report titled, “Long-Term Implications of the Fiscal Year 2010 Defense Budget,” the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) points out that this year’s Department of… Read More
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“We Don’t Know What We Don’t Know” on Iran’s Nuclear Program
The Pentagon’s top intelligence official this week indicated that although Iran has been developing the means to build nuclear weapons, his agency has discerned no… Read More
It’s Called Morale Mr. President – You Are Supposed to Provide It
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: “Morale is the greatest single factor in successful wars.” So why did President Obama choose last night’s address… Read More
Top Ten Questions and Answers on Obama’s Strategy in Afghanistan
1. If the President sends 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, does that count as a “surge?” Simply put, no, because the use of that term… Read More
One-Sided View of War in Russia
The end of on-the-air broadcasts of Voice of America couldn’t come at worse time: Russia is providing an utterly skewed and one-sided picture of the… Read More
Pakistan Peace Deals Falling Apart
An editorial from major Pakistani English daily The Dawn demonstrates that the era of “peace deals” in Pakistan’s tribal belt and other parts of the… Read More
The Psychology of War
Guns, boots, helmets and…social science? It’s not been used much since the Cold War, but the Department of Defense believes an increase in cultural understanding… Read More
Dowsing Defeatist Talk on Long War
The United States is winning the Long War against al-Qaeda. Despite hair on fire headlines, heated presidential political rhetoric, and conventional wisdom that so often… Read More
This Week in Washington: Playing Politics With the War on Terror
Here’s a preview of what’s happening this week in Washington. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6YshohNEUM[/youtube] May was a successful month in Iraq, yet progress with the war supplemental has… Read More
