The tragic deaths of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the Polish First Lady Maria Kaczynska, and dozens of senior Polish officials, are being mourned today by… Read More
The death this morning of Polish president Lech Kaczynski and First Lady Kaczynska is a tragedy that will touch the heart of many Americans. President… Read More
As the Internet is used increasingly in Russia, the Kremlin is fighting to maintain control of Russia’s new media. According to a poll conducted by… Read More
Anyone who doubts the value of money spent on competition in the world of ideas – a key aspect of public diplomacy – needs to… Read More
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These are historic and exciting times. Yesterday, The Heritage Foundation took a bold and forward-looking step. Our Board of Trustees approved launching a grassroots advocacy… Read More
Yesterday, the same day news leaked that the Obama administration intends to abandon references to Islamist ideology in its review of U.S. national security strategy,… Read More
On April 5, in a speech at Harvard University Secretary of State Clinton’s lead diplomat for Africa Johnnie Carson outlined policy guidelines for sub-Saharan Africa…. Read More
The Kyrgyz Republic, host to a strategic U.S. airbase at the Manas airport, is in political turmoil triggered, at least on the surface, by government-mandated… Read More
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In her March 30 speech at the opening ceremony of the National Model U.N., Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations,… Read More
If you are a human rights activist or suffer under the yoke of an oppressive regime, do not expect the United States to be rushing… Read More
Shortly after Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev signed the New START agreement this morning, the Kremlin released the following statement: The Treaty between the… Read More
State government finances are in a bad way, and for an examination of why that is the case, see the latest edition of “Rich States,… Read More
In recent days, some blogging friends from the left have commented on the U.S. dropping from “free” to “mostly free” in the 2010 Index of… Read More
In 2008, on average only 26 percent of all non-consensus votes in the U.N. General Assembly coincided with the United States’ votes. However, when the… Read More
If President Obama thinks that signing his prized arms control treaty with Russia on Czech soil will repair the damage he’s done to relations with… Read More
The NATO military operation in Afghanistan is a “NATO operation” in name only. In quality and quantity, most of the forces there are from the… Read More
There will be much at stake when the United Kingdom finally goes to the polls on May 6 after months of phony war between the… Read More
Leftist love for the Marxist Cuban regime manifests regularly. Just this Monday in the New York Times Marc Lacey had an item titled “Dreaming of… Read More
While we are moving into spring, North Korean leaders have decided to stay out in the cold of economic isolationism. In a move sure to… Read More
Today’s papers give the impression of a collective exhale on U.S.-China relations. Chinese President Hu Jintao is coming to Washington for a global nuclear security… Read More
In his most recent congressional testimony the State Department’s Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo Valenzuela successfully managed to outline Obama Administration policy for… Read More
One year after President Obama announced his desire to rid the world of nuclear weapons, his nuclear agenda is taking center-stage in American foreign policy…. Read More
The Fundacion para el Análisis y los Estudios Sociales of Spain recently sponsored presentations on the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom (www.heritage.org/index) in Madrid and… Read More
Early this year, the 2010 Index of Economic Freedom, the Heritage Foundation’s data driven policy guide, reported that our economy is no longer in the… Read More
Almost a year ago, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez told President Obama, “I want to be your friend.” Today the much-photographed handshake at the Summit of… Read More
Last week, after the Kremlin leaked news that Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitri Medvedev had reached agreement on a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START),… Read More
When the United States and Russia meet in Prague on April 8 to sign the follow-on Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), Presidents Obama and Medvedev… Read More
The eleven year old euro zone, the world’s second largest economy after the U.S., confronts a cold reality: its members lost economic vitality over the… Read More
Too much of the discussion of Google’s departure has focused on censorship of political ideas, as though the problem was whether a Google search of… Read More
Live Video streaming by Ustream The vital concept of national sovereignty is under assault around the globe in virtually every realm of public policy. Join… Read More
