International Commentary
You and What Army, ICC?
The same day the Biden administration and the European Union offered their condolences over the death of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi—the “Butcher of Tehran”—the chief… Read More
International News
These GOP Senators Rip ‘Neocon’ Foreign Policy on Both Sides
Leaders on both sides of the aisle haven’t learned from America’s foreign policy failures, Sens. Rand Paul and JD Vance asserted Thursday at a Capitol… Read More
International Commentary
Gaza Aid Promptly Looted After Landing at US-Built Floating Pier
It took far longer for Americans to build a floating pier on the Gazan coast to deliver aid for civilians caught in the Israel-Hamas war… Read More
InternationalNews
China Launches ‘Punishment’ Drills Around Taiwan After President’s Inauguration
China launched a series of military drills Thursday around Taiwan as “punishment” for the swearing-in of the island’s new president, Chinese state media reported. Lai… Read More
International Analysis
It’s ‘in Hamas’ Interest’ to Create ‘Situation of Misery and Starvation’ in Gaza, Columbia University Professor Says
A Columbia University professor says Hamas is responsible for the ongoing famine in Gaza. “It is in Hamas’ interest, as they have defined it, to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Legacy of Iran’s Late President: Tyranny and Terrorism
For Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi—who died this week in a helicopter crash—the question was not whether terrorism was good or evil, but who perpetrated… Read More
International Commentary
There Is No ‘International Law’
One of the great qualities of the West is its belief in the directionality of history. Many ancient cultures believed that history was circular: Native… Read More
International Analysis
How Taiwan’s New President May Change His Country’s Tense Relationship With China
F-16s flew overhead, marching bands played, and singers entertained with cultural performances during Taiwan’s presidential inauguration on Monday. The inauguration of President Lai Ching-te was… Read More
International Analysis
Iran’s President Is Dead. What Happens Now?
Following the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, 63, questions remain over the future of Iran and stability in an already unstable region. Raisi, Iran’s… Read More
International Commentary
US Must Oppose International Criminal Court Bid to Prosecute Israeli Prime Minister, Defense Chief
For more than two decades, supporters of the International Criminal Court have urged the U.S. to ratify the Rome Statute and join the court. But… Read More
International Commentary
Common Sense vs. Antisemitism
F. Scott Fitzgerald once quipped that the “test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same… Read More
International Commentary
Charge of ‘Genocide’ Is Blood Libel of Our Time
In medieval Europe, Christians who hated Jews spread the lie that Jews kidnap Christian children, slaughter them, and use their blood to bake matzos for… Read More
InternationalNews
Russian Troops Make Major Gains After Congress, Biden Greenlight Aid Package to Ukraine
Ukraine’s armed forces suffered considerable territorial losses over the weekend despite receiving a large military aid package from the U.S. in April, The New York… Read More
International News
‘They Don’t Understand War’: Analyst Slams Biden’s Denial of Arms to Israel
As stunned outrage escalated in reaction to President Joe Biden’s decision to halt arms shipments to Israel in the midst of its battle against the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Mercedes-Benz Workers in Alabama Facing Unionization Pressure
More than 5,000 Mercedes-Benz workers in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, will vote on May 13 through 17 on whether to join the United Auto Workers, and German… Read More
International Commentary
10 Most Common Pro-Hamas Lies About Israel
Scan news accounts of anti-Israel campus and street protesters. Read their demands and manifestos. Collate the confusion from the Biden administration after Hamas’ Oct. 7… Read More
International Commentary
Joe Biden Is Selling Out Israel to the Antisemitic Mob
Even as President Joe Biden was delivering his perfunctory Holocaust Remembrance speech earlier this week, decrying the “ferocious surge” in antisemitism on college campuses and… Read More
International Commentary
The Troubling Ramifications of UN Resolution on Quasi-Statehood for Palestine
The United Nations General Assembly is expected to vote Friday on one of the worst resolutions to come before that body: One that would confer upon the… Read More
InternationalNews
US’ Permissive Abortion Laws Highlight Need for Federal Protections, Study Finds
A recent study is declaring U.S. abortion law to be “far more permissive than the vast majority of the world.” In its 2024 report on… Read More
International Analysis
She Spoke Out in Defense of China’s Uyghurs, Then China Abducted Her Sister
Rushan Abbas, a Muslim Uyghur living in America, delivered remarks at the Hudson Institute in 2018 about China’s persecution of Uyghurs. Six days later, her… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Europe Must Stop Dragging Its Feet and Oppose Chinese Forced Labor
British parliamentarian William Wilberforce’s legacy rests on his bold public stance against slavery. The legendary 18th- and 19th-century abolitionist stood up before the British people… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Blinken Meets With China’s Genocide Perpetrator, but Doesn’t Condemn It
When Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a press conference April 22 on the State Department’s release of its 2023 country reports on human rights… Read More
International Analysis
Those Who Attack Israel ‘Are After the US Just the Same,’ Knesset Member Warns
Terrorists in the Middle East do not despise America only because the U.S. supports Israel, but because America is a Western society, according to Simcha… Read More
InternationalCommentary
China Keeps Shooting Itself in the Foot in Hong Kong
The Chinese government’s suppression of civil liberties in Hong Kong hit new heights in March with the unanimous passage of sweeping national security legislation by… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Election Loss for South Korea’s Ruling Party Unlikely to Affect Pro-US Security Policies
South Korea’s liberal opposition parties scored a decisive victory in the recent National Assembly elections, routing the ruling conservative party of President Yoon Suk Yeol…. Read More
International Commentary
How Israel May Curb Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions
Details of Israel’s recent limited retaliatory strike against Iran‘s antiaircraft missile batteries at Isfahan are still sketchy. But nonetheless, we can draw some conclusions. Israel’s… Read More
InternationalCommentary
US Should Adopt UK’s ‘Rwanda Plan’ to Address Illegal Immigration: The BorderLine
After nearly two years of legal and political challenges, Britain’s parliament has finally passed a law confirming that Rwanda is a safe place to send… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Ukraine Has ‘Significant’ Human Rights Abuse Issues, State Department Reports
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives last Saturday voted 311 to 112 to approve a bill to spend $60.89 billion on aid for Ukraine. Among House… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Are Iran’s 9 Lives Nearing an End?
The theocracy of Iran has been the world’s arch-embassy attacker over the last half-century. So Iran has zero credibility in crying foul over Israel’s April… Read More
International Commentary
Biden’s Continuation of Obama’s Foreign Policy Fueling More Middle East Chaos
If a belligerent state launched 185 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles, and 110 surface-to-surface missiles from three fronts against civilian targets within the United States,… Read More
