British Intervention Denies Assad His Russian Helicopters – For Now
It was announced yesterday in the House of Commons by British Foreign Secretary William Hague that the MV Alaed, the ship that is transporting Russian… Read More
Chinese Activist Learning English Through Declaration of Independence
Despite its problems, the American higher education system remains the envy of the world. Students pour in from around the globe to study here, including… Read More
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An Imperial Immigration Policy
On Friday, the Obama Administration’s Department of Homeland Security issued a memorandum telling U.S. immigration officials how they should “enforce the Nation’s immigration laws against… Read More
DOE Sent Confidential Information to Loan Guarantee Applicant
Emails uncovered by congressional investigators show that a top Energy Department adviser sent confidential government information to representatives of a company vying for federal financing…. Read More
Boost for the U.S. and the Trans-Pacific Partnership
The G-20 meetings in Mexico over the weekend might actually have accomplished something. Mexico was today invited to join the nine countries, including the U.S.,… Read More
Movie Mocks Lawmakers Who Don’t Read Legislation Before Voting
House Speaker John Boehner famously dropped a copy of President Obama’s stimulus bill on the House floor during the debate over its passage, calling it… Read More
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True Democracy: Principles over Process
Many around the world have been quick to tout the Arab Spring, with its deposition of tyrants and the occurrence of elections, as democracy in… Read More
A Farm Bill That’s Not About Farming
Were we directed from Washingtonwhen to sow, when to reap, we should soon want bread. — Thomas Jefferson The federal government hasn’t stuck its nose into when to… Read More
North Dakota’s Economic Boom Inspires Action on Energy Legislation
The U.S. House will vote next week on a package of energy and jobs bills Republican leaders say will help lower the price of energy… Read More
Lobbying Pays Off in Latest Batch of Energy Department Handouts
Green-energy lobbying firm Liebman & Associates is up front about the service it provides. “With Mr. Liebman’s strategic counsel,” explains the bio of President Murray… Read More
LOST on the Web Ads
You may have seen the Web ads: “Five Secretaries of State from Former Republican Administrations Endorse Law of the Sea Ratification,” they declare. The point… Read More
America’s Response to China’s Challenge in Space
Sometime in the next week, most likely this weekend, China will launch Shenzhou-IX, its fourth crewed mission into space. If all proceeds according to plan,… Read More
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The State Department’s Confusion over Confucius Institutes
On May 17, Robin J. Lerner, deputy assistant secretary for private sector exchange at the State Department, made a valiant attempt to correct the troubling… Read More
Lessons Learned From US Withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Ten years ago tomorrow, the United States formally withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which has defined strategic thinking for about 30 years. On Wednesday,… Read More
Turkey Seeks to Set an Example in Somalia
Without a government for over two decades, Somalia is the model of a failed state. It is torn apart by civil war and plagued by… Read More
Paring Back the Regulatory State
Here’s a question that will be important throughout 2012 and probably for many years beyond: What did the Dodd–Frank financial regulation accomplish? The best answer… Read More
U.S.–Russia Trade and the Magnitsky Act
Today, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously approved the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act (H.R. 4405), a measure designed to promote human rights… Read More
Cut off from Reality: Resuscitating U.S.-Cuba Policy
Today, the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will address the Castro regime’s stranglehold on Cuban civil society and how best to tackle the nation’s continued… Read More
Heritage to Co-Host ‘Breitbart Awards’ at Future of Journalism Summit
The Heritage Foundation, in partnership with the Franklin Center for Government and Public Intergrity, is proud to be hosting the first annual Breitbart Awards dinner… Read More
Congress Wants to Know Why an American Is Hostage to Bolivian Injustice
On May 12, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights will focus a spotlight on the case of Jacob Ostreicher,… Read More
Boko Haram Suicide Bomber Attacks Church
The suicide attack against Harvest Field Pentecostal Church in the northern Nigerian on Sunday serves as another reminder of Boko Haram’s enduring violence. As many… Read More
The Magnitsky Act: The Moment of Truth
?his Thursday, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will put the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act up for a vote. The bill seeks “to… Read More
Morning Bell: Changing America’s Course
There’s no way to predict how the 2012 elections will turn out. But it will be a turning point in American history: Either our leaders… Read More
From Lenin’s Birthplace to NATO’s Logistical Hub
The recent NATO summit in Chicago failed to produce a U.S.–Pakistan transit agreement. The agreement sought would have allowed U.S. forces and the International Security… Read More
Chavez’s Return Good News for Syria, Belarus, and FARC
Although numerous uncertainties surround Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s secretive battle with cancer and his ability to live until the October presidential elections, Chavez was sufficiently… Read More
Al-Shabaab Targets Kenya
Last Monday, a shopping center in downtown Nairobi erupted into chaos when a bomb exploded, killing at least one person and injuring dozens. While the… Read More
“Ambassador” or Not, the UNWTO Has Honored Mugabe
Last week, the Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald published a story that was posted on AllAfrica.com reporting that, in anticipation of the upcoming 2013 U.N. World… Read More
A Dangerous Marriage in Northern Mali
Just as we thought the situation in Mali couldn’t get worse, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad (MNLA), a Tuareg group that historically… Read More
Georgia and Russia: The Occupation Too Many Have Forgotten
Almost four years after the Russian invasion of Georgia in August 2008, approximately 10,000 Russian troops still occupy the Georgian provinces of South Ossetia and… Read More
Obama Administration Can No Longer Hide Behind the U.N.’s Failed Efforts in Syria
The United States joined many Western nations in expelling Syrian diplomats yesterday in a coordinated reprimand of the Syrian government, which has stepped up its… Read More
