Ted Bromund is a senior research fellow in Anglo-American relations in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. Read his research.
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The SHOT Show — Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show — is the world’s largest gun show. Held annually in Las Vegas, it’s intended for… Read More
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Let’s be grateful to President Barack Obama. In his State of the Union address, he dropped the pretense of bipartisanship and, by siding with the… Read More
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LAS VEGAS—Supposedly, the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, which took effect Christmas Eve, is no big deal. But people who work in the business of manufacturing,… Read More
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Those nasty Republicans are at it again. Dennis Jett, former U.S. ambassador to Mozambique and Peru, writes in The New Republic that GOP senators are… Read More
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Last month, Israel signed the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty, which supposedly prevents nations from arming terrorists and mass murderers. But in reality, the treaty’s advocates… Read More
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Today, on Christmas Eve, the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty takes effect, giving Americans a lump of coal in their stockings this holiday season. The ATT… Read More
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In early October, President Obama warned his supporters to “make no mistake: these policies [of mine] are on the ballot. Every single one of them.”… Read More
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Kim Jong Il, the former leader of North Korea, once made 11 holes-in-one in a round of golf. On a well-publicized scuba dive, Vladimir Putin,… Read More
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It’s no secret that the Obama administration badly wants a nuclear deal with Iran. And it’s no secret that the Iranians are playing hard to… Read More
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NATO recently confirmed that Russian tanks were moving into rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine. But Russia’s aggression under Vladimir Putin didn’t begin in Ukraine and, unless the… Read More
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The Obama administration has responded to the Ebola epidemic by talking big. It does that well. From the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti to Syria’s… Read More
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Just before the 4th of July, the Pew Research Center released a fascinating study of Americans’ political beliefs, dividing them into seven categories from “steadfast… Read More
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The past weeks have brought an avalanche of disasters for the United States in the wider Middle East. Unless the Obama administration changes course, the… Read More
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Jurgen Klinsmann, the coach of the U.S. soccer team, caught flak for saying that it’s “not realistic” to believe that his men can win the… Read More
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) in London awarded its prestigious “Brexit Prize,” a 100,000 euro award for the best plan for a British exit… Read More
On the first anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), Senator Jerry Moran (R–KS) and Representative Mike Kelly (R–PA) sent… Read More
One way or another, Britain will have a national referendum on EU membership. But the point of the referendum is not to vote. It is… Read More
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The Heritage Foundation was proud to be the only American think tank invited to participate in the inaugural Freedom Festival, Britain’s equivalent of the Conservative… Read More
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The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is an ambiguous, inherently flawed treaty. It’s also the creation of liberal non-governmental organizations (NGOs) whose attitude is simple:… Read More
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This week on the big screen, martial arts master Jason Statham tangles with James Franco in Homefront. Statham’s on-screen backstory? He’s a British Interpol agent… Read More
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Congress dedicated a bust of Winston Churchill, one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century and an honorary American citizen, in a ceremony this… Read More
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The U.S. Senate responded decisively today to Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent signature on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). In a bipartisan letter… Read More
Today, Secretary of State John Kerry signed the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) on behalf of the United States. The reaction from Congress has been… Read More
Even as he took office, President Obama set out a vision of a doctrine that would “transform” the United States. In foreign policy, the “Obama… Read More
The Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is part of the Syrian story in two ways. First, one response urged by some, including President Obama, is for… Read More
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The United States could be free to sign the United Nations’ Arms Trade Treaty as soon as Thursday. When the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened… Read More
As a statesman, an author, and a friend of the United States, Winston Churchill was regularly called upon to offer his sentiments on the meaning… Read More
Proponents of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) assert that the treaty prevents signatories from supporting not only the Syrian opposition but future rebellions against… Read More
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When the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened for signature on June 3, 67 nations signed immediately. The U.S. was not among them, but U.S…. Read More
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The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opens for national signature today, and has already been signed by at least 55 nations. The U.S. has announced… Read More
