Congressman Donald Payne: A Strong Voice for African Policy Silenced
U.S. policy toward sub-Saharan Africa seldom achieves headline status except in times of most acute crisis. Yet the vast continent of one billion, with all… Read More
Iranian Broadcasting Targets Latin America
Challenges to U.S. international broadcasting and public diplomacy continue to mount. Iran, joining China and Russia, also nourishes ambitions as a global power and is… Read More
Politics and a New Trade Bureaucracy
President Obama just announced plans to borrow millions of dollars from countries likeChinato create a new federal bureaucracy tasked with policing the trade practices of… Read More
China’s Rise and India’s Obvious Partner (the US)
The release last week of an Indian think tank report entitled “Non-Alignment 2.0: A Foreign and Strategic Policy for India in the 21st Century” has… Read More
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To Empower Women, U.N. Should Promote Freedom
This week, the U.N. will celebrate International Women’s Day during its annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). The focus of… Read More
Chinese News Makes Inroads in U.S.
Chinese TV has taken a page from Al Jazeera’s playbook. With sparkling new offices in Washington, D.C., on New York Avenue since February 6, and… Read More
Russian Elections Did Not Bring a Surprise–but Now What?
A recent Heritage event analyzed Russia’s presidential election and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency. The election was held in the aftermath of… Read More
Morning Bell: Defending Israel from the Iranian Threat
Less than 1,000 miles from Jerusalem, the Iranian government is operating in open violation of international law in a singular pursuit of developing nuclear weapons…. Read More
Obama Hearts Israel . . . Oh, Really?
At the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) meeting in Washington today, President Barack Obama delivered a speech on US-Israeli relations under his presidency,… Read More
U.S.–Burma Policy Is About More Than a Successful By-Election
As we inch closer to the April 1 by-elections in Burma, during which Aung San Suu Kyi and her National League for Democracy (NLD) will… Read More
South Africa’s Ruling Party Expels Populist Troublemaker
On February 29, South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party expelled Julius Malema from its ranks. Malema was a lightning rod for massive dissatisfaction… Read More
Franklin Center Remembers ‘Warrior’ Andrew Breitbart
The state-based journalism organization the Franklin Center on Thursday released its own tribute to the late conservative activist and new media pioneer Andrew Breitbart. The… Read More
Ireland Embraces What the EU Fears: Democracy
Earlier this week, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny shocked Europe when he announced that Ireland will hold a referendum on the Fiscal Stability Treaty. This… Read More
Our Debt and China
Yesterday, the Department of the Treasury released an initial estimate of foreign holdings of U.S. securities, including Treasury bonds, as of June 30, 2011. This… Read More
Yemen: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has ruled Yemen since 1978, stepped down from power on Monday under strong domestic and international pressure. He became the… Read More
Another Congressman Doesn’t See What the Constitution Has to Do with Obamacare?
Before Obamacare became the law of the land, members of Congress could not escape the question: Does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact… Read More
If Nobel Were Alive, Would He Take His Prize Back?
Shocker news: Apparently, you don’t have to do anything to promote the cause of peace to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Bradley Manning,… Read More
Why the EU’s Foreign Policy Approach Will Never Work
The latest round of European Union (EU) sanctions against Syria, agreed today in Brussels, proves why the EU’s “common denominator” approach to foreign policy will… Read More
Beijing and Damascus
As the situation in Syria continues to deteriorate, the regime of Bashar al-Assad has found two steadfast allies: Russia and the People’s Republic of China… Read More
Syria’s (Literal) Information Warfare
To hide its myriad of other crimes, the Syrian government is determined to prevent news of its atrocities against its own citizens from getting out…. Read More
Heritage vs. ACLU at Voter ID Debate
Voter fraud has a history of plaguing elections, inspiring a growing number of states to enact voter identification laws in recent years. The issue was… Read More
Act of Desperation: Iran Halts Oil Shipments to U.K., France
Iran’s decision to halt oil shipments to the U.K. and France last weekend is a weak retaliatory measure against European actors for tougher sanctions. Despite… Read More
Burma’s Reforms: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Election
By all accounts, Burma today is vastly different than a year ago. Since the fraudulent November 2010 elections, President Thein Sein has enacted a series… Read More
Iran’s Clandestine Operations Threaten Azerbaijan
On February 21, Azerbaijani counterintelligence services arrested Iranian agents planning terrorist attacks against Israeli diplomats and prominent members of the Jewish community. This is the… Read More
What to Do About Syria
Many people are calling for the U.S. to help the rebels fight back against the regime in Syria, which is engaged in daily massacres of… Read More
London Somalia Conference: The First Step to Addressing a Crisis Is Acknowledging It
Today world leaders met in London for a conference addressing the ongoing crisis in Somalia. The one-day event included deliberations on the failed state’s governance… Read More
Ike-Like Resolve Needed to Ensure Indonesian Religious Liberty
Indonesians are proud of the respect for pluralism and tolerance embedded in their constitution. Indeed, Indonesia is largely tolerant of religious differences. Unfortunately, it is… Read More
VIDEO: Months After Federal Raid, Gibson Guitar Still Faces No Charges
Armed federal agents raided Gibson Guitar’s Nashville headquarters in August, creating a national outcry over the high-profile persecution. But today, six months after the raid,… Read More
Quieting the Voice of America
More than 30 years have passed since Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote about the “Soft Voice of America” in an article that first appeared in National Review… Read More
Beware the Nullification Temptation
With state legislatures back in session, legislators are looking for options to reassert their legitimate role in the constitutional structure of federalism. Sadly, a few… Read More
