InternationalAnalysis
Why Brexit Could Happen Soon, and How It Will Affect Britain
Brexit has teetered on the brink of failure in recent months, as the British Parliament and the European Union have failed to reach agreement on… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Don’t Erase Women at the United Nations
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women is being pressured to embrace “gender identity” ideology at its annual meeting this week. If successful,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Swipe at Trump Shows Need to Clean House at VOA’s Parent Agency
Evidence continues to mount that the U.S. Agency for Global Media is in profound need of new leadership. Scandal after scandal has arisen from poor… Read More
International Analysis
‘You Have to End Them’: El Salvador President-Elect Outlines His 3 Steps to Destroy MS-13, Other Gangs
Last month in El Salvador, a third-party outsider won in a landslide election, defeating his opponents, promising to crack down on corruption, to fight crime,… Read More
InternationalNews
Mike Pompeo Tells Embassy in Venezuela to Come Home
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday he is pulling remaining U.S. Embassy staffers from Venezuela because of the country’s worsening situation. “The U.S. will… Read More
InternationalNews
Kosovo’s Leaders Say a Durable Peace With Serbia Is Key to Economic Growth
PRISTINA, Kosovo—A former soldier whose nom de guerre was “The Snake,” Kosovar President Hashim Thaçi demonstrates both the easygoing demeanor characteristic of a combat veteran… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Time Is Ripe for a US-Swiss Trade Agreement
Switzerland is known for many things: chocolate, cheese, watches, banking, and of course multifunction army knives. Not surprisingly, what these Swiss items have in common… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump’s Cuba Sanctions Are a Solid Step in Cracking Down on Maduro Regime’s Enablers
The Trump administration on Monday took the historic step of implementing Cuba sanctions. Specifically, the administration is temporarily permitting U.S. citizens whose property was stolen… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why Ending US-South Korea Joint Exercises Was the Wrong Move
The Trump administration made a decision that could weaken U.S. and South Korean readiness in a conflict with North Korea. On Saturday, the Pentagon and… Read More
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International Analysis
From Vietnam, an Analysis of the US-North Korea Summit
The U.S.-North Korea summit is under way. We hear from The Heritage Foundation’s Olivia Enos, who’s on site for the summit in Vietnam. Listen to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
6 Things Trump Should Demand of North Korea
Since the first U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, there has been no progress on North Korean denuclearization. And there has been no reduction in the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Venezuela and the Myth of Kinder, Gentler Socialism
Venezuela is a socialist country. Venezuela is also a dictatorship. Currently, Venezuela has fallen into open violence and complete chaos, with the strongman Nicolas Maduro… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What a Denuclearization Agreement With North Korea Should Include
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump are now meeting in Vietnam. Going into his second summit with Kim, Trump has stated his… Read More
InternationalCommentary
No One Is Safe in Maduro’s Venezuela
Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos and his team were detained in the presidential palace of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela on Monday evening. After Ramos inquired… Read More
InternationalFeature
‘You Saved Us’: In an Era of New Threats, Kosovo’s Pro-American Culture Continues
PRISTINA, Kosovo—On this brisk but cloudless Feb. 17 day, thousands of people descend onto the pedestrian thoroughfare of Saint Mother Teresa Boulevard in central Pristina… Read More
InternationalNews
Even After World War II, Europe in Denial About Evil
“There are none so blind as those who will not see.” One might think that after denying the evidence of Adolf Hitler’s rise and objectives… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How Putin Uses Russian Orthodoxy to Grow His Empire
When Vladimir Putin rose to the presidency of Russia in 2000, he inherited the remains of a once-fearsome communist-atheist imperial state. In the intervening 19… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
Pompeo’s Tough Diplomacy on Display in Europe
Europeans routinely complain about being neglected by U.S. administrations. As much as Europeans doted on then-President Barack Obama, he indeed treated them with benign indifference,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
3 Major Threats China Poses to the US
China is a mass of contradictions. Intellectual property thief. America’s largest trading partner. Home to 476 billionaires. Choked with air and water pollution. A rapidly… Read More
InternationalNews
Maduro’s ‘Criminal Enterprise’ in Venezuela Must Go, Rubio Says
Sen. Marco Rubio said Monday that the regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro isn’t a legitimate government, calling it instead a “criminal enterprise.” Rubio, R-Fla.,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
InternationalCommentary
This UN Tobacco Policy Is Backfiring Around the World
Turkey recently became the latest in a slew of countries to adopt mandatory plain packaging rules for cigarettes. This tobacco control measure bans the use… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Preserving the Integrity of the Bible in China
China’s attempts to secularize religion have spilled over into rewriting the Bible. Under the direction of the Chinese government, two Protestant organizations in China, the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It’s Long Past Time for Leadership Change at US Agency for Global Media
After two years of stalling, it’s time for the Trump administration to get its own leadership in place at the U.S. government’s global media complex…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russian Disinformation Is a Serious Threat to Europe. Here’s How to Counter It.
The likelihood of an escalated conflict between the Ukraine and Russia has grown in recent years, and it reached a new level of intensity last… Read More
InternationalNews
Trump, Guaido Talk for First Time Amid Venezuelan Turmoil
President Donald Trump spoke Wednesday with the man the U.S. government recognizes as the legitimate leader of Venezuela even as turmoil continues in the oil-rich… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Asia Bibi Is 1 Step Closer to Freedom
The Pakistan Supreme Court thankfully rejected a petition Tuesday seeking to revisit the acquittal of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who had been convicted of blasphemy… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Europe May Be at a Tipping Point. Here’s What the US Can Do.
This year is shaping up as an inflection point for Europe. Key national elections and European Union parliamentary elections could recast the Continent’s political discourse… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Today’s Venezuela: Where Socialism Meets Authoritarianism
Many on the left have for years cheered Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chavez, as heroes of “21st-century socialism.” Ironically, however, the… Read More
