The Arms Trade Treaty, Day Three: Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S.
As the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference moved through its third day, the isolation of the United States became ever clearer. The U.S. position… Read More
The Arab Spring: The Need for Private Property Rights
There is more the President could do during his Middle East trip to improve the stability in the region: He should promote economic freedom. The… Read More
Egypt: Too Big to Fail?
As President Obama visits Israel, one of the biggest elephants in the room is the ongoing financial crisis just across the desert in Egypt. Since… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Doctrine on Display in the Middle East
President Obama’s car came to a halt in Israel yesterday, reportedly because it had been filled with the wrong kind of gas. “This is a… Read More
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Silent Conquest: A Tale of Sharia and Western Self-Censorship
At yesterday’s debut showing of Silent Conquest: The End of Freedom of Expression in the West at The Heritage Foundation, one of the most shocking… Read More
New Report of Syrian Chemical Weapons Attack as President Obama Lands in Israel
President Obama stepped off his plane in Israel this week amid a new flurry of reports suggesting that chemical weapons may have been used in… Read More
Rep. Charles Rangel Mischaracterizes Heritage Position on Trade with Cuba
Representative Charles Rangel (D–NY) has a mixed record on trade freedom. And he voted “no” in October 2011 for the free trade agreement with Colombia,… Read More
The Enduring Legacy of America’s Commitment to Asia
Today, Heritage was honored to host Representative Ed Royce (R–CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, for its annual B. C. Lee Lecture on… Read More
“China Dream”: Rejection or Revival?
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary and Chinese President Xi Jinping has talked a great deal about the “China Dream.” It remains to be seen,… Read More
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Pakistan: Religious Intolerance Mounts with Christian Home Burnings
More than 3,000 Muslims stormed a Christian enclave in the city of Lahore, Pakistan, and proceeded to burn down an estimated 100 to 160 homes,… Read More
Is Ammunition a Flash Point in the Arms Trade Treaty Negotiations?
One of the most discussed issues at the U.N.’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference is whether ammunition should be fully included in the scope of… Read More
Arms Trade Treaty, Day Two: Human Rights and Non-State Actors
The morning’s discussion at the U.N. on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) brought into focus one of the underlying tensions among the nations negotiating the… Read More
Cyprus Rejects Draconian EU Bailout Plan
The parliament of Cyprus today emphatically rejected a European Union (EU) bailout plan that would have taxed private bank deposits. The plan did not garner… Read More
China Streamlines Its Maritime Forces
As the Chinese National People’s Congress reveals various governmental restructurings (not to be mistaken for reforms), an important one is the streamlining of Chinese maritime… Read More
The Arms Trade Treaty, Day One: Potential Roadblocks to Agreement
The “final” negotiating conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) opened in New York at the United Nations on Monday. As we have explained, we… Read More
Beware of Venezuela’s Paranoid Anti-Americanism
Two weeks after the death of President Hugo Chavez from cancer, Venezuela’s interim chief and Chavista presidential candidate Nicolas Maduro is increasingly resorting to wild,… Read More
Low-Income or Filthy Rich, Cyprus Residents to Have Bank Accounts Raided
The Republic of Cyprus has agreed to a eurozone bailout that will raid the bank accounts of Cyprus residents. In July 2012, the Republic of… Read More
The Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: Too Risky To Ratify
On February 26, the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which concludes… Read More
North Korean Propaganda Distracts from the “Hermit Kingdom’s” Real Problems
A purported new North Korean propaganda video asserts Americans live in tents, make coffee from snow, and live off birds. At least that is what… Read More
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The Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: The Dangers of Transnationalism
On February 26, the American Bar Association’s (ABA) Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which concludes… Read More
Congress Shows Leadership on U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
A powerful group of Senators and Representatives came together on Wednesday to introduce a concurrent resolution expressing concerns with the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT)…. Read More
Sri Lanka: Calling Attention to Human Rights
The United States recently introduced its second United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on Sri Lanka, calling attention to the government’s alleged violations of… Read More
The Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: Encouraging Executive Actions
On February 26, the American Bar Association’s Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which concludes that… Read More
Debunked: “Myths” of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty
The office of Representative Raul M. Grijalva (D–AZ) distributed a “Dear Colleagues” letter to House Republicans on March 1 that seeks to debunk what it… Read More
Unanswered Questions About Benghazi Still Remain
The revelation that at least one survivor of the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi remains hospitalized at Walter Reed Army Hospital has… Read More
The Arms Trade Treaty and the Second Amendment: Answering the American Bar Association
On February 26, the American Bar Association’s Center for Human Rights issued a white paper on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), which concludes that… Read More
London Mayor Decries Posthumous Trial of Russian Whistleblower
London mayor Boris Johnson published an op-ed Monday in which he decried the posthumous trial of whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky. Johnson called Magnitsky “a martyr trampled… Read More
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Japan: Two Years After 3/11
Yesterday marked the anniversary of the three-tiered terror that happened to Japan two years ago. On March 11, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit off… Read More
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Subway’s “Footlong” Accused of Coming Up Short
In what most would consider a foolish class action lawsuit and a glaring example of what is broken in our tort system, Subway was recently… Read More
The United States of…Europe? (VIDEO)
Sovereign nations like France and Belgium may be on a path to become the European equivalent of American states – subservient parts of a whole… Read More
