InternationalNews
How the House Revived Obama’s Trade Deal
The House took the first step today to save President Obama’s trade agenda when it granted him negotiating power over a legacy-building deal with 11… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Hong Kong Rejects Communist China’s Bogus Election Plan
The people of Hong Kong have once again given the world a lesson in democracy and liberty, this time by rejecting a bogus election plan… Read More
InternationalCommentary
North Korea’s Brutal Regime, Not the Weather, Primary Culprit for Nation’s Food Shortage
In the past Pyongyang blamed its poor crop yield on alternating claims of cataclysmic floods and droughts that left South Korea unaffected. The reality was… Read More
InternationalCommentary
New DOTCOM Act Addresses Short-Term Concerns About the ICANN Transition
On June 17, the House Energy and Commerce Committee approved an amended version of H.R. 805, the Domain Openness Through Continued Oversight Matters Act of… Read More
InternationalNews
How Can the US Save Syrians From Chemical Weapons Attacks?
During a House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing this morning, experts agreed that by establishing a no-fly zone in Syria, the United States will be… Read More
InternationalNews
Why Conservatives Blame Republican Leadership for Failure on Trade
After Democrats helped imperil President Obama’s trade agenda, conservatives are insisting they can help rescue the trade effort—if House Republican leadership will let them. Conservative… Read More
InternationalNews
US Drone Strike Kills Al Qaeda’s Second-Ranking Leader
Al-Qaeda confirmed Tuesday a CIA drone strike killed its second in command, Nasir al-Wuhayshi. Al-Wuhayshi also commanded the terrorist group’s Yemen affiliate, al-Qaeda in the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why US ‘Engagement’ With Cuba Has Been Deadly for Human Rights Activists
President Obama’s engagement policy with the Castro regime, announced in 2009, has led to a massive increase in arbitrary detentions, violence against activists and the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Nepal’s Long-Awaited Constitutional Breakthrough
After nearly a decade of political deadlock, Nepal has finally taken steps toward landmark constitutional reform. On June 8, the four main political parties reached… Read More
InternationalNews
Anti-Communist Group Honors Cuban Dissident Who ‘Lost Hope’ in Obama
Americans and other friends of freedom need to keep pressure on the Communist regime in Cuba, if true democratic reforms ever are to take root… Read More
InternationalNews
This Day in Pictures: Remembering Reagan and His Famous Line, ‘Tear Down This Wall!’
One of the most recognizable quotes of Ronald Reagan’s presidency was deemed too controversial and was almost never spoken. Peter Robinson, a young speechwriter for… Read More
InternationalNews
Ukraine Prime Minister Wants US Help to Deter Russia
Military training is appreciated, but Ukraine needs more from the U.S. if it is to stave off Russia, its prime minister said in Washington this… Read More
InternationalNews
How Has India’s Prime Minister Performed After 1 Year?
One year after the historic election of Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, policy experts are commending his performance in foreign policy while criticizing his… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Think That News Story Online Is a Hoax? It May Be Written By Russian Propagandists
Did you ever hear the one about the Columbian Chemicals factory in Centerville, La., blown up by ISIS terrorists on Sept. 11? Possibly not—because it… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Turkish Voters Rebuke Authoritarian, Pro-Islamist Party
Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Turkey yielded a resounding vote of no confidence in President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s increasingly authoritarian and pro-Islamist policies. Erdogan’s political party,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
State Department Is Misleading Americans About Russia’s Treaty Violations
The State Department isn’t being honest with Americans about Russia’s violations of arms control treaties and other politically binding commitments. Take the State Department’s annual… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Assessing the Future of the US-UK Special Relationship
The special relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom is a political creation that reflects underlying realities. To assess the future of that… Read More
InternationalNews
How a Shuttered McDonald’s Symbolizes the Fight for Peace in Ukraine
MARIUPOL, Ukraine—In 1995, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman coined the Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention, also known as “McPeace.” The idea was that… Read More
InternationalNews
Renewed Violence in Ukraine Spurs Fears of All-Out War With Russia
KYIV, Ukraine—For those who might have thought the Ukraine conflict was finally fading from the headlines, this week should serve as sufficient evidence to the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
China’s Plan to Challenge US as a Rising Global Power
What is China up to? It’s been building artificial islands in the South China Sea. Recently, two motorized artillery pieces were spotted on one of… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
China, US Keep Their Defenses Up at Asian Security Conference
Dean Cheng, senior research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center, has been in Singapore, where he was a guest at the region’s premier… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Congressional Responses Show Overwhelming Rejection of Obama’s New Cuba Policy
If there was any confusion as to where Congress stood on Cuba, this week definitely put that to rest. From spending bills to legislation, a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Challenges, and Successes, for United States at UN Small Arms Meeting
Today, the second meeting of government experts for the U.N. “Programme of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons” wraps up in New York. In… Read More
InternationalNews
Photo Essay: Remembering the Tiananmen Square Protests, 26 Years Later
On June 4, 1989, leaders of the Chinese Communist Party ordered the People’s Liberation Army to open fire on thousands of student protesters in Beijing’s… Read More
InternationalNews
Pro-Russian Separatists Launch Attack as Ukraine Braces for Possible Offensive
KYIV, Ukraine—In the predawn hours Wednesday, pro-Russian separatist tanks and artillery bombarded Ukrainian troops in the eastern town of Marinka, spurring Ukrainian military officials and… Read More
InternationalNews
Despite Russian Denials, Ukraine Bracing for Violent Summer
KYIV, Ukraine—Despite Moscow’s warming rhetoric in recent weeks, the Ukraine conflict is showing little evidence of cooling off this summer. On Sunday, three Ukrainian soldiers… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Japanese Pension Fund Hacked
Following a trilateral defense meeting Saturday of the U.S., Australia, and Japan, the Japan Pension Service (JPS) was hacked. The personal information of over 1.2… Read More
InternationalNews
Why This Chef Thinks Food Is the Right Recipe for U.S. Diplomacy
SAN FRANCISCO—For Sam Chapple-Sokol, a chef who has spent time working at the White House, food is the missing ingredient in international relations. The Daily… Read More
InternationalCommentary
An Alliance Carrying the Torch of Freedom in Europe
Last weekend, I had the honor of attending a meeting of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists in Winchester, England. The organization consists of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Give Indian Prime Minister a C for His First Year in Office
This week marks the end of Narendra Modi’s first year as prime minister of India. Elected with an unprecedented majority in Parliament, Indians had high… Read More
