InternationalCommentary
The Dark Side of Russian State Media
On October 29, Serbian news sources reported that the Kremlin planned to open 29 bureaus of Rossiya Segodnya, a Russian state media outlet, in capital… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why the US Can’t Trust Iran to Help Defeat ISIS
Suggestions have been floated that the U.S. should work with Iran to defeat the growing threat posed by the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS… Read More
InternationalNews
‘Chickens***’ Slur Doesn’t Faze Israel’s Netanyahu
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fought back at the Obama administration Wednesday, a day after a senior U.S. official was quoted as calling Netanyahu a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Confucius Institutes and Academic Freedom
By cancelling their Confucius Institute programs, the University of Chicago and Penn State have signaled resistance to the People’s Republic of China’s attempt to promote… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Wrong to Conflate Visa Waiver Program with Shooting in Ottawa
Last week, the shooting in Ottawa that claimed the life of Corporal Nathan Cirillo was called a terrorist attack by Canadian Prime Minister Steven Harper…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
US General: North Korea Now Has Nuclear Warheads for Missiles
North Korea now has the ability to produce a miniaturized nuclear warhead that can be mounted atop a ballistic missile. That is the assessment of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Tunisians Bravely Embrace Democracy, Calling for Greater Economic Freedom
Holding a free and fair election without violence, Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring, has defied skeptics once again and continues its bottom-up democratic transition from despotism. On… Read More
InternationalCommentary
U.S., South Korea Reverse Plan to Turn Over Military Command
Washington and Seoul wisely decided during senior-level military talks on October 23 to abandon a 2007 plan to dissolve the existing allied military command structure… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How Russia Is Using Propaganda
Russian military incursions into the airspace of NATO countries and submarine expeditions into Swedish territorial waters have intensified since its annexation of Crimea in March,… Read More
InternationalNews
Hong Kong Democracy Leader Faults China for Shattering Peace, City’s Elegance
Until he was the target of tear gas recently during protests, Martin Lee, founding chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong, knew his city… Read More
InternationalNews
Canada’s Emotional Welcome for Hero Who Killed Terrorist
After shooting and killing the man who gunned down Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, 24, at Canada’s National War Memorial yesterday and then began a rampage through… Read More
InternationalNews
From Africa to the US: Ebola in One Timeline
President Obama calls the Ebola virus a “serious disease.” The World Health Organization classifies the outbreak an “international health emergency.” Below are the facts, tracking… Read More
EconomyInternationalCommentary
China’s Slowdown Not Good for the Global Economy or the U.S.
China announced on Tuesday that third quarter gross domestic product (GDP) growth had slowed to 7.3 percent, the slowest since the 2008–2009 global recession. This… Read More
InternationalCommentary
North Korea Releases American Captive. But Two More Americans Remain Captive.
Pyongyang has unexpectedly released Jeffrey Fowle, one of three American citizens being held for alleged crimes against North Korea. Fowle, a 56-year-old American tourist, was… Read More
InternationalCommentary
U.S. Must Block Renewed Efforts to Assert U.N. Authority Over the Internet at the International Telecommunication Union Conference
Two years ago, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) convened the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to review the International… Read More
InternationalCommentary
No Justice for Persecuted Christian Aasia Bibi in Pakistan
Pakistan has, yet again, demonstrated that it does not respect religious liberty. Yesterday, Pakistan’s Lahore High Court upheld the death penalty for Aasia Bibi, a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Dates that Matter: Complicated History Preceded Hong Kong Protests
September 4, 1839 Start of the First Opium War between China and Great Britain. Although some historians and figures at the time, including our sixth… Read More
InternationalNews
Would a Travel Ban Stop the Spread of Ebola?
The nation’s top public health official told a House of Representatives panel today that the Obama administration has not ruled out restricting travel to and… Read More
EnergyInternationalCommentary
Governor Jindal: Energy Exports Help the U.S. Domestically and Diplomatically
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal recently spoke at the American Enterprise Institute to introduce his vision for defense policy. He pointed out that America has a tool… Read More
InternationalNews
Watch the Shockingly Brutal Beating of a Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Protester
A video has emerged of a pro-democracy protester being beaten in Hong Kong. In the video of a protest on Wednesday, a handcuffed man is… Read More
InternationalNews
US Embassies in Ebola-Stricken Countries Are Still Processing Visas for Non-US Citizens
Despite the outbreak of Ebola, it is still possible to get a visa from the three West African countries at the heart of the outbreak,… Read More
InternationalNews
Reasons This Pro-Democracy Leader Says Hong Kong’s Young Protesters Have Won Already
Alan Leong, a leading pro-democracy legislator in Hong Kong, says he believes student protesters who flooded into the city over the past three weeks already… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
There is No “Responsibility to Protect” Syrian Civilians
President Obama’s invocation of the language of “responsibility to protect” to justify his use of military force against Libya has been exposed for what it… Read More
InternationalCommentary
North Korean Despot has Reappeared. But That’s not the Most Important Issue Here.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has waddled back onto the world stage ending, or at least reducing, widespread speculation of coups or assassinations in Pyongyang…. Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Turkey: Pressures U.S. to Crack Down in Syria—and Sits on the Sideline
As the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS or ISIL) tightened the noose around the predominantly Kurdish Syrian city of Kobane in recent weeks, Turkey… Read More
InternationalNews
Chen’s Moving Vision of Hong Kong as ‘Lighthouse’ for China
“For mainland Chinese who desire freedom and democracy, Hong Kong is like the lighthouse for a boat in the open sea,” Chinese human rights activist… Read More
InternationalNews
Protesters Return to Streets as Hong Kong Leaders Cancel Talks
The stare-down between Hong Kong’s government and pro-democracy demonstrators intensified for a second day after the government pulled out of planned talks. Hong Kong’s government… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Nobel Peace Prize Shines Light on Indo-Pakistani Tensions
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize brings attention to long-standing tensions between India and Pakistan, which have flared in the last week due to heavy cross-border shelling… Read More
InternationalNews
Victor Boutros: ‘In Order to End Poverty, We Must End Violence’
In their new book, “The Locust Effect,” authors Victor Boutros and Gary A. Haugen contend the best efforts to help the global poor are thwarted… Read More
InternationalNews
Advocates for Children’s Rights Win Nobel Peace Prize
Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi of India—advocates for children’s rights—will share this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Yousafzai’s fight for girls’ education gained international… Read More
