InternationalCommentary
Hamas’s Last Stand
USA Today reports that “[t]he Israeli military announced a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip late Thursday after 10 days of fighting between Israel and… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Hong Kong Report Lights Fuse for Future Protests
Hong Kong democracy activists have vowed further disobedience after learning that, despite large protests this summer and a campaign for electoral reform that attracted 800,000… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The U.S. Must Do Everything Possible to Undermine Hamas
Hamas starts wars it knows it can’t finish. It also knows full well that wars in a very small place put innocents at risk. And… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Q & A: What Is This Iron Dome That Is Protecting Israel From Hamas Rockets?
As Hamas launches rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, casualties are kept at a minimum thanks to Israel’s superior air defense system. In the… Read More
InternationalNews
Israeli Leader a Pillar of Calm in Face of Rocket Attacks
“We face a very, very brutal terrorist enemy.” As rockets fired by Hamas rained down yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coolly and calmly described… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Pakistan: U.S. Engagement Necessary as Drone Strikes Resume
On Thursday, U.S. drones killed at least four militants in Pakistan. It is the fourth such strike since a Pakistani military operation commenced in June…. Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
U.S.-China Summit Seeks Improved Relations Yet Again
U.S. officials and observers are hoping last week’s U.S.-China Strategic and Economic dialogue will halt what some are calling a “downward spiral” in relations between… Read More
InternationalCommentary
India: Modi’s First Budget Is Short on Details
Instead of a big bang, the reaction to India’s first budget under Prime Minister Narendra Modi was more of a whimper. The highlight of the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Collective Self-Defense Is Good for the U.S.-Japan Alliance
On July 1, a prime-minister-appointed security advisory panel determined that Japan has the right to collective self-defense, a right guaranteed to all nations under the… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
#BringBackOurGirls Isn’t Trending Anymore. But the Girls Still Aren’t All Free.
While the #BringBackOurGirls campaign brought international media attention to the plight of more than 250 schoolgirls kidnapped by the terrorist group, Boko Haram, very little… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The U.S. and China’s Changing Investment Patterns
A new and growing shift in China’s outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) from developing to developed world is well underway, and according to The Heritage… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Cambodia Denies Human Rights Abuse
In its Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the United Nations called upon Cambodia to end its persistent violations of basic freedoms and respect the rights of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Congress Must Ask Obama: Why Doesn’t Your Administration Cut U.S. Aid to the Palestinian Authority?
Considering its participation in the new Palestinian unity government, Hamas’ rocket attacks on Israel should lead the U.S. to cut the hundreds of millions in… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Afghans Need to Demonstrate Readiness for Democracy
After a relatively successful first round of presidential elections in Afghanistan in April, the second round—held June 14—has led to a full-blown political crisis that… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Pakistan Expert: Pakistan Is Ideological and Greedy
American foreign policy has traditionally treated Pakistan as a security-seeking state, but C. Christine Fair suggests in Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
The Obama Administration Should Speak Up for Hong Kong
Hong Kong may sound remote and exotic to many Americans, but what happens there affects many here and its continued success and prosperity is in… Read More
InternationalCommentary
U.S. Shortwave Broadcasting to Asia Is Muted
Once again, the U.S. government’s international broadcasting is at the center of a storm of its own making. The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) announced… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Japan’s Robot Revolution
Japan is one of the few countries in the world likely to experience something that popular movies have predicted for years: a robot revolution. That… Read More
InternationalNews
Sudanese Christian Mom Fears Baby Disabled After Giving Birth in Chains
The woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan for her Christian faith says she fears her newborn baby is physically disabled because her legs were chained… Read More
InternationalSocietyCommentary
The United Nations’ Gun-Control Efforts Are Failing
The Fifth Biennial Meeting of States for the United Nations “Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat, and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Nuclear Bombs Should Stay in Europe
A recent article in Foreign Affairs argued for the elimination of all U.S. tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) currently stationed Europe. Throughout the article, Barry Blechman… Read More
InternationalSecurityAnalysis
The Iraq Meltdown: What Next?
The swift collapse of Iraqi security forces in northern Iraq in the face of an al-Qaeda-spearheaded Sunni insurgency is a disastrous setback for U.S. counterterrorism… Read More
EnergyInternationalCommentary
Energy: Exporting Gas Is Now a Necessity for the United States
The recent $400 billion energy deal between Russia and China, the largest of its kind, is set to reshape the global energy markets and geopolitics…. Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Is Brazil Ready for the World Cup?
The World Cup starts tomorrow and right now, there’s little faith Brazil will come out of the games unscathed. Government mismanagement, burdensome bureaucracy and outsize… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Al-Qaeda Seeks American Recruits in Syria
Al-Qaeda forces in Syria are actively seeking recruits from Americans who have traveled there to fight or to assist opposition forces, according to U.S. officials… Read More
