InternationalCommentary
Je Suis Jimmy Lai
The degeneration of Hong Kong’s political environment continues apace with the firebombing of the home and offices of the pro-democracy newspaper owner Jimmy Lai, well-known… Read More
InternationalNews
Cuba Releases 53 Political Prisoners, White House Claims
The White House said today that Cuba has released all 53 prisoners it promised to free as part of a deal to normalize relations with… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Sri Lankans Vote Against Autocracy and Nepotism in Landmark Election
In a stunning political upset, two-term Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse lost Thursday’s election to a defector from his own party, Maithripala Sirisena. With Sirisena’s… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Raul Castro Is Already Double-Crossing Us Over Cuba Deal
President Obama’s change of policy on Cuba looks worse with every passing day. Remember the 53 political prisoners that Obama promised would be released? Three… Read More
InternationalCommentary
U.S. Businesses Feel Increasingly Unwelcomed in China
There was a time when the “China-lobby” meant supporters of The Republic of China (Taiwan). In the last couple decades, it has come to mean… Read More
InternationalCommentary
An Insider’s Account of How Putin Uses the Media to Brainwash Russians
If we really knew what is going on in the Kremlin backrooms, where Russia’s information war is being planned, we in the West would be… Read More
InternationalNews
Coast Guard Sees 117% Increase in Cuban Escape Attempts
Even as Washington renews diplomatic ties with Havana, hundreds of Cuban refugees continue to flee the Castro regime for America, braving the 90 miles of… Read More
InternationalNews
Cuba Releases ‘Some’ of 53 Political Prisoners, US Finally Reveals
Cuba has freed “some” of 53 political prisoners that it agreed to release in its deal to normalize relations with the United States, the State Department acknowledged… Read More
InternationalNews
High-Ranking Democrat Blasts Obama’s ‘Secret Diplomacy’ With Cuba
President Obama will have trouble appointing an ambassador to Cuba following his decision to normalize relations with the Communist government, predicts the outgoing Democratic chairman… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Tumultuous Year Ahead for Korean Peninsula
President Obama issued a new executive order to impose addition punitive measures on North Korea. Although the cyberattack on Sony Pictures and subsequent threats of… Read More
InternationalNews
Group Launches #HackThemBack, a Campaign to Bring Information to North Korea
How should the United States respond to the cyberattack on Sony Pictures? One group says we should hack them back. After the FBI said North… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What Foreign Policy Crises Could Happen in 2015
The Danish physicist Niels Bohr is supposed to have said something along the lines of: Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future…. Read More
InternationalNews
Arms Trade Treaty Won’t Help Israel
Last month, Israel signed the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty, which supposedly prevents nations from arming terrorists and mass murderers. But in reality, the treaty’s advocates… Read More
InternationalNews
Activist Will Deliver ‘The Interview’ to North Korea Using Balloon Drop
An activist has decided to bring “The Interview” to the people of North Korea. Park Sang-hak, a North Korean defector and an activist against its… Read More
InternationalNews
Krauthammer Calls Castro Brothers 2014’s Biggest Winners: ‘They Got the Jackpot’
Who were 2014’s winners and losers? Charles Krauthammer counts “the Castro brothers” among the year’s biggest winners. “They had to wait through 10 presidencies to… Read More
InternationalNews
HarperCollins Backtracks After Excluding Israel From Map
HarperCollins wanted to sell atlases created specifically for schools in the Middle East. Certainly a worthy mission, minus one major omission: the publishing giant left… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Ukrainians Are In for a Long Winter, and It’s Not Because of Russia
After a dramatic session that stretched into early Monday, Ukrainian lawmakers finally passed a budget bill amid concerns over its International Monetary Fund lending line… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Inequality on Steroids: Saudi Women Face Terrorism Charges for Driving
Read any women’s magazine in the United States and you’ll see bitter complaints over women’s inequality in this country. Men and women have different jobs,… Read More
InternationalNews
Hamas Prevents Children From Entering Israel for ‘Postwar Conciliatory Trip’
Hamas barred a group of children from entering Israel on a goodwill trip earlier this week. Intended as a “postwar conciliatory trip meant to foster… Read More
InternationalNews
Cuban Government Arrests Activists in Effort to Stop ‘Freedom’ Rally
Cuban authorities arrested several dissidents and activists in an apparent attempt to prevent them from attending a planned rally in Havana’s Revolution Square organized by… Read More
InternationalNews
Azerbaijan Shuts Down US-Funded Radio Station, Detains Journalists
Authorities in Azerbaijan raided and closed the offices of a U.S.-funded radio station this weekend as government prosecutors in this Caucasus nation strengthened their crackdown… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Ignorant Media Are Wrong to Gush Over Obama’s Foreign Policy
It’s “historic.” A “landmark” breakthrough. By one stroke of the presidential pen, the tide of history has risen, never to recede again. How many times… Read More
InternationalNews
Q&A: Hong Kong Youth ‘Not Prepared to Give Up’ Freedom Fight, Veteran Leader Says
The pro-democracy protests that captured the energy of youth in Hong Kong — and earned sympathy around the world — ended flatly earlier this month,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
This Terrible Anti-Gun Treaty Goes Into Effect Christmas Eve
Today, on Christmas Eve, the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty takes effect, giving Americans a lump of coal in their stockings this holiday season. The ATT… Read More
InternationalNews
Israeli Soldiers Witness Netanyahu’s Lighting of Hanukkah Candles
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in special company Sunday when he lit candles in celebration of the sixth day of the Jewish observation of Hanukkah… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Put North Korea Back on the Terrorist List
North Korea’s cyber attack on Sony has generated debate as to whether it was an “act of war” or “cyber-vandalism.” The answer lies in between… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Debunking Six Myths About North Korean Sanctions
Myth 1. The U.S. and other nations face a policy choice between sanctions or engagement All instruments of national power should be used simultaneously in… Read More
InternationalNews
‘Obama-Paul’ Cuba Policy Not Working for Marco Rubio
The spat between Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky over President Obama’s attempt to normalize U.S.-Cuba relations spilled into the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why Did John Kerry Just Apologize for America?
Before hopping on a plane to Lima last Wednesday, Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a key speech on Latin America in which he again… Read More
InternationalCommentary
We Shouldn’t Legitimize the Castros and Establish Diplomatic Relations with Cuba
Whoa! Sure, we should be thrilled the Cubans have released American Alan Gross, but Team Obama’s plan to normalize diplomatic relations with the Castro regime… Read More
