Steven Groves is Director for Policy Campaigns and Margaret Thatcher Fellow.
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If a “pandemic treaty” fails to account for the dismal international response to COVID-19 and isn’t focused on preventing future pandemics, is it really a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
For well over a decade, the Left has waged war on cluster munitions. Left-wing nongovernmental organizations and other groups have demonized them, liberal U.S. administrations… Read More
LawCommentary
Close your eyes and imagine you’re living in the nation’s capital during the summer of 2016, at the height of the heated presidential race between… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Almost 250 years ago, America’s Founding Fathers drafted the Declaration of Independence, cataloging the ways that King George III had infringed upon American liberties. King… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Now that President Joe Biden is in the White House and a fellow Democrat is chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will the United… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
With so much pearl-clutching by the left and the media over delays and disruptions of the ongoing presidential transition, it helps to put things in… Read More
InternationalCommentary
As climate negotiators work out the details of the Paris Agreement on global warming in Marrakech, Morocco, the question on everyone’s minds is: What will… Read More
InternationalCommentary
An arbitration court accepted claims made by the Philippines against China in the South China Sea, however, China’s refusal to obey the court’s decision requires… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
State Department spokesman John Kirby announced that the Obama administration plans to circumvent U.S. law in order to advance its climate agenda. This should come as… Read More
LawAnalysis
On Dec. 18, 2015, the Palestinian Authority deposited its instrument of accession to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In accordance with… Read More
InternationalCommentary
PARIS—One week into the Paris climate change negotiations, and it’s now doubtful whether President Barack Obama will be able to make good on his promise… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Remember that part of the Constitution that gives the executive branch of government the authority to make a commitment with foreign powers to cap carbon… Read More
InternationalCommentary
At a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Secretary of State John Kerry was asked why the administration did not submit the Iran nuclear… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The International Criminal Court, the first permanent international court established to try and punish individuals committing genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The letter to Iran signed by 47 Republican senators has provoked a lot of commentary—and some welcome clarification on the White House’s negotiations with Iran…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Palestinians submitted a request to join the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Jan. 2, 2014. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
President Obama’s invocation of the language of “responsibility to protect” to justify his use of military force against Libya has been exposed for what it… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Should the Central American migrants crossing our border be treated as refugees? Recent statements in the press by officials of the United Nations High Commissioner… Read More
SecurityCommentary
They called it the Declaration of Independence, but what Jefferson, Adams and the other Founders actually did 238 years ago today was separate the United… Read More
The international “smart set” regularly chastises the United States for not ratifying the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). One need only… Read More
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The United States is the world leader regarding the rights of people with disabilities. But a United Nations treaty seeks to use Americans’ concern for… Read More
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Secretary of State John Kerry has a new, impassioned video appeal for the U.S. Senate to consent to ratification of the U.N. Convention on the… Read More
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Senator Orrin Hatch (R–UT) delivered a broadside on the Senate floor last week to proponents of U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of… Read More
LawNews
This week, the Supreme Court issued a historic decision that will help prevent U.S. courts (and activist judges) from interfering in foreign policy issues that… Read More
News
Airstrikes carried out by U.S. unmanned aerial vehicles (commonly referred to as drones) have been criticized for several years by international human rights activists, including… Read More
Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute warns of the dangers of litigation if the United States joins the U.N. Convention on the Law of the… Read More
When a nation joins the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) it should be prepared to have its domestic court rulings… Read More
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When the facts and law are not in one’s favor, there is a natural temptation to appeal to the emotions of your target audience in… Read More
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Earlier today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D–NV) announced his intention to proceed to executive session tomorrow to consider the Convention on the Rights of… Read More
On Tuesday, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson characterized free speech not as a fundamental right, but as a “privilege” given to us by the U.N. Specifically,… Read More
