InternationalCommentary
The US Needs a New Foreign Aid Model
In recent days, Heritage Foundation scholars have reported on the significant cuts said to be included in President Donald Trump’s proposed fiscal year 2018 budget… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump Is Right to Support Venezuela’s Opposition
Lilian Tintori understands the Venezuelan regime for what it is: corrupt, criminal, and evil. Her husband, Leopoldo López, was stripped of his political rights when… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How Soros Money Is Corrupting Politics in This Small European Nation
In the economy of world politics, George Soros has billions at stake, and they extend even to remote places like the Republic of Macedonia. In… Read More
InternationalCommentary
This News Network Could Shake Up the Media Scene in Putin’s Russia
Russian propaganda and influence operations have escalated over the past decade, and have especially intensified after the invasion of Ukraine. Plain and simple, the Kremlin… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why It’s Too Early for Alarm Over Trump’s Proposed Cuts to International Programs
According to multiple news reports, President Donald Trump’s budget proposal will include a $54 billion increase for defense spending that will, in part, be offset… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump Is Right to Oppose Third IMF Bailout for Greece
Saying that the Greek debt crisis is “primarily a European issue,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin encouraged International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde last week… Read More
InternationalNews
Former UN Ambassador John Bolton Shares ‘America First’ Vision
“Our worldview rests on the exceptionalism of America.” That was the message John Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations, shared with the Conservative Political… Read More
InternationalNews
Brexit Leader Nigel Farage Cheers Trump for Contribution to ‘Global Political Revolution’
Nigel Farage, the British politician who led the successful Brexit movement to withdraw from the European Union, cheered on an auditorium full of American conservative… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Ecuador Rejects Leftist Incumbent, Votes for Economic Freedom
Last weekend, Ecuadoreans did something they haven’t done since 2006: They voted in significant numbers against the socialist Alianza Pais party of three-term leftist President… Read More
InternationalCommentary
We Hear You: ‘I Tried to Put Myself in the Defector’s Shoes’
Editor’s note: We’re hearing from so many enthusiastic members of The Daily Signal’s audience that we decided to begin running some of your correspondence. Here… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Moscow Issues Its First Nuclear Challenge to Trump
Almost right out of the gate, the Trump administration is facing its first arms control challenge from Moscow. Russia has reportedly deployed its new cruise… Read More
InternationalNews
Trump Predicts ‘Bigger and Better’ Middle East Peace Deal Than Imagined
President Donald Trump said he wants Israel to “hold back” on additional settlements during a joint press conference Wednesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…. Read More
InternationalAnalysis
Trump, Netanyahu to Reset US-Israeli Relations After Strained 8 Years
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on Wednesday will mark a chance for the United States and Israel to renew a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
India’s Increased Naval Capacities Are Good for Regional Security
A key American partner, India, is set to conduct another missile test that will have a wide range of consequences on regional dynamics for years… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why Trump Should Pursue Closer Trade Relations With Argentina
After years of government intervention under the Kirchner family, in 2015 the Argentine people elected center-right candidate Mauricio Macri to be their next president. Macri… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Prosperity and Freedom All Hinge on the Rule of Law
Freedom House, a nonprofit that conducts research on human rights and democracy abroad, released its annual report examining global freedom on Monday. Unfortunately, there are… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How the US Can Work With Pakistan to Help Uproot Terrorism
Is Pakistan getting serious about uprooting Islamist terrorism? There are some encouraging signs of late. A day before the public release of a think tank… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump Administration Slaps Sanctions on Iran for Missile Test and Other Provocations
The Trump administration followed through on Friday with a new round of sanctions on Iran, two days after National Security Advisor Michael Flynn announced that… Read More
InternationalCommentary
On Brexit, So Much Winning
On June 23, the British people voted to leave the European Union. Earlier this week, Britain took another mighty step on the road to regaining… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It’s Time to Reel in the Obama-Appointed Ambassador Who Meddled in Macedonian Politics
Macedonia has a population smaller than Queens and is roughly the size of Vermont. It is stuck in the southern Balkans, wedged between a hostile… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Iran’s Ballistic Missile Test Defies UN, Trump Administration
The more things change, the more they stay the same. On Sunday, Iran “welcomed” President Donald Trump into office by conducting a medium-range ballistic missile… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How Trump Can Advance the Special Relationship With Britain
Just seven days after taking office, President Donald Trump will meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May in Washington on Jan. 27. It will be… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Congress Should Learn From Obama’s Last-Minute UN Spending Binge
During President Barack Obama’s final days in office, administration officials ran through over $700 million in a spending binge designed to fund U.N.-related priorities that… Read More
InternationalNews
Are NATO Members Carrying Their Weight? Only 5 of 28 Countries Pay ‘Fair Share’
President Donald Trump alarmed European allies during the campaign when he suggested he might not defend NATO nations if they don’t fulfill their financial obligations,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
UK Supreme Court Decision Will Not Derail Brexit
Today, Britain’s Supreme Court ruled that Parliament must be allowed a vote before the British government initiates Brexit. This ruling will not derail the Brexit… Read More
InternationalNews
What Trump’s Decision to Move Embassy to Jerusalem Would Mean
The Trump administration is undecided about relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a campaign promise that carries historical and symbolic… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump Reinstates Policy Protecting Taxpayer Dollars From International Abortion Activity
In one of his first official actions, President Donald Trump reinstated the life-affirming Mexico City policy, ensuring that American taxpayers do not fund international organizations… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Defeated Gambian President Must Honor His People’s Wishes, Relinquish Power
The tiny West African country of The Gambia rarely makes international news, but a brewing conflict over presidential election results has thrust it into the… Read More
InternationalNews
Victim’s Son Decries Obama’s Commutation of Puerto Rico Terrorist Group Leader
Joe Connor celebrated his ninth birthday four days before his father was killed in a bombing at New York’s landmark Fraunces Tavern in 1975. The… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Obama’s Strange Pattern of Concessions to Cuba’s Communists
There seems to be something about Cuba’s military dictators that really fascinates our 44th president. Cuba was the first item President Barack Obama mentioned when he… Read More
