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5 Predictions of What Could Happen in Foreign Policy in 2020
In the world of foreign policy, no one knows the future. Certainly not me. But trends can be spotted, and their trajectories predicted. Here are… Read More
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Chinese Pastor Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison Amid Renewed Persecution
Wang Yi, a renowned Christian pastor in China, was quietly sentenced on Monday to nine years in prison, stripped of his political rights for three… Read More
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Top 10 Hits and Misses of Foreign Policy in 2010s
What a difference a decade makes. In 2010, we got the Arab Spring and Obamacare. Neither turned out as well as we had hoped. We got iPads, iPhone 4,… Read More
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How Beijing Controls Chinese Citizens Through Family, Education, and Speech
You may have read about China’s practice of foot-binding. It’s an ancient custom dating back to the supposedly pleasing aesthetic sense of the 10th century…. Read More
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Britain’s Brexit Delay Is Foolish for Free Trade
Britain’s House of Commons has voted to request a delay in Britain’s exit from the European Union. It’s like a kid who removes a Band-Aid… Read More
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Scholar Disinvited as Speaker for NATO Celebration Shouldn’t Have Planned to Criticize President
I recently came across Stanley Sloan’s Dec. 7 Facebook post, in which he let his friends and followers know that his planned address for the… Read More
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Is It 1979 Again?
“Blowout” was how one U.K. newspaper described the decisive victory of Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party in last week’s election. How decisive was it?… Read More
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The Several Meanings of the Conservative Victory in the UK
The socialist gamble in Great Britain failed miserably. That’s the main takeaway of the Labour Party’s stunning defeat Thursday in the British general election, with… Read More
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The Growing Threat of China, and How US Should Respond
Heritage Foundation scholar Klon Kitchen joins “The Bill Walton Show” to discuss TikTok, cyberwarfare, China’s growing economy and buying power, and more. Read a portion… Read More
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Conservative Blowout in Britain Puts Brexit Back on Track
Though the last votes are still being counted, it is clear that Britain’s Conservatives have won an overall majority in Thursday’s general election. Conservatives, led… Read More
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Challenging Beijing’s Distortions About Human Rights in China
For six months, China has been the focus of international criticism over deteriorating freedoms in Hong Kong, but the Chinese Communist Party’s intransigence regarding liberty… Read More
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If Jeremy Corbyn Wins, Britain Will Move in a Socialist Direction
The outcome of the British Parliamentary elections on Dec. 12 may not interest very many Americans. But it could have a measurable impact on U.S…. Read More
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Native Venezuelan, Now Proud American, Warns of ‘Fruits of Socialism’
In the 1980s, Patricia Rucker’s family left Venezuela, planning that her father would work for a time in the U.S. “Venezuela to me was the… Read More
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When China Acts on Expansionist Ambitions, We Must Respond
President Donald Trump has been tougher on China than any other president in my lifetime. Free from the baggage of Washington’s 40-year “normalization” consensus, the… Read More
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How Protests Undermine Iran and Its Proxies in Iraq and Lebanon
Iran’s Islamist dictatorship has been challenged and rebuked in recent weeks by massive political protests—not only at home, but also in the spheres of influence… Read More
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China Suspends US Navy Visits to Hong Kong Following Signing of Pro-Democracy Legislation
China suspended U.S. Navy visits to Hong Kong Monday after President Donald Trump signed legislation last week backing the pro-democracy protests that have been going… Read More
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House Members Are Trying to Undercut Trump’s Pro-Life Policies at the UN
The Trump administration has an unequivocal stance on abortion, both nationally and internationally: It is a definitive “no” to policies and programs that undermine the… Read More
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What Americans Have in Common With Conservatives Across the Globe
Are Americans alone in their fight against big government, extreme sex ed, and more? Or are other people across the world similarly fighting? In this… Read More
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Some British Lessons on ‘Single Payer’ Health Care
Congressional sponsors of “Medicare for All” single-payer legislation—bills abolishing virtually all existing public and private health insurance—routinely promise that all Americans will get equal access… Read More
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South Korea Made the Right Call Staying in Intelligence Sharing Agreement With Japan
For a while, it looked as though South Korea might abandon a critical military information sharing agreement with Japan. Its last-minute decision to remain in… Read More
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‘They’re Willing to Die’: What an American in Hong Kong Sees
Since early November, Cody Howdeshell has been in Hong Kong, delivering first aid to protesters. He’s seen some of the violence firsthand: Hong Kong police,… Read More
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Israel Has a Right to Its Ancient Land
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced U.S. policy toward Israel’s “settlements” is reverting to one held by the Reagan administration; that is the right… Read More
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Setting the Record Straight on the Value of US Military Aid to Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine—U.S. military aid is a luxury, not a necessity, for Ukrainian combat operations to counter Russian aggression. From what I’ve seen, the country is… Read More
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Pro-Life Nations Reject UN’s Cultural Colonialism on Abortion, Population Control
Many Africans think that international efforts to promote abortion are a prime example of cultural colonialism. Case in point: The just-concluded United Nations Population Fund’s… Read More
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‘Now I Know What Freedom Is’: One Young Man’s Escape From North Korea
Observers first see Ilhyeok Kim’s joyful, room-lighting smile before they notice he is relatively short—because he is North Korean defector short. “For me, freedom means… Read More
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US Government Should Call for Release of This Uighur Academic
Tashpolat Tiyip, a distinguished Uighur scholar of geography, may face imminent death unless the U.S. government jumps in. Vanished in 2017 after he was detained… Read More
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UN Nairobi Summit on Population and Development Shuts Out the Pro-Life Message
Abortion advocates have long found a ready home for pushing their agenda at the United Nations—and the Nov. 12-14 Nairobi Summit on International Conference on… Read More
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Russia Became a Communist Hellhole Because of This Man
To understand communism, it’s important to look at the man who was the first to institute a government dedicated to Karl Marx’s ideals: Vladimir Lenin…. Read More
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Why Protests Rocking Lebanon Forced Out the Prime Minister
What started out as spontaneous protests Oct. 17 opposing a tax imposed on a popular messaging service escalated into the largest political protests in Lebanon… Read More
