DEBATE PREP: America the Cyber Sucker?
The scene from “Casablanca” says it all. “I’m shocked-shocked to find that gambling is going on in here,” Police Inspector Renault declares. Immediately, the croupier… Read More
Morning Bell: The Debate over the War in Afghanistan
The killing of Osama bin Laden was a hard-won victory for the United States, but the gains made in pursuit of that day of justice… Read More
Arab League Finally Takes Action Against Assad Regime
Facing mounting pressure, the Arab League called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to immediately cease the brutal hostilities against his people. By a near-unanimous vote,… Read More
Administration Sends Mixed Messages to Iraq
Last Thursday marked the closing of the 38th Baghdad International Trade Fair, an annual event intended to showcase international corporations to Iraqis and Iraqi corporations… Read More
Solar Flares Remind of Greater Dangers
Last Thursday, the earth experienced a powerful solar flare, one of the most powerful types of storms that the sun can create. According to NASA,… Read More
Morning Bell: The Fall of the USSR and the Debate over Russia
Twenty years ago, the world watched the Soviet Union fall. The regime that was “planted by bayonets,” as President Ronald Reagan once described it, did… Read More
Morning Bell: Honoring Veterans Day
Today, we at The Heritage Foundation are proud to honor Veterans Day by pausing to remember the men and women in uniform who serve this… Read More
Morning Bell: The Debate Over Iran
On November 22, Republican candidates will gather together in Washington, D.C., for a presidential debate presented by The Heritage Foundation and American Enterprise Institute on CNN. The… Read More
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Draconian Defense Cuts Will Reduce Safety
There are many ways to balance a budget. Most of us, for example, spend 30 percent or more of our income on housing. Skipping mortgage… Read More
Suicide Blast in Somalia Raising Concerns at Home
Following a devastating suicide blast earlier in the week in Somalia’s capital city of Mogadishu, leaders from the regional terror group al Shabaab issued a… Read More
Nuclear Weapons Worth More Than the U.S. Is Spending
A recent New York Times editorial is turning one of the significant nuclear weapons’ benefits for the U.S. national security on its head, charging that… Read More
Back-Door Amnesty? DHS’s Deportation Claims Questioned
On October 18, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) director John Morton announced the removal of the largest number of illegal immigrants in the ICE… Read More
A Leaner, but Not Meaner, Military
The echo chamber of Washington is hard at work. The consensus is growing that the U.S. military will need to aim for a slimmer but… Read More
PODCAST: The Futures of Libya and Iraq
In this week’s Heritage in Focus, foreign policy expert James Carafano fills us in on the latest news throughout the Middle East. Click here to… Read More
Israel’s Significant Contribution to Missile Defense
In a recent paper published by the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, Uzi Rubin, former head of Israel’s Missile Defense Organization, discusses the significant contribution… Read More
Russia’s African Expansion Boosted by New BRICS Stock Market
Russia is bemoaning the passing of Libyan dictator Muammar Qadhafi, an old friend and client of the Soviet Union and a reliable customer for Russian… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Iraq Failure
To hear President Barack Obama describe the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, you’d think it was a long-anticipated political victory, the fruition of a… Read More
Obama’s Middle East: Withdrawal from Iraq
The word is out that all U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year. While every American shares the conviction… Read More
U.S. Must Not Accept Russia’s Restrictions on Missile Defense
“The missile defense system we are establishing in Europe is not directed against Russia. We have said that publicly and privately, at many levels. We… Read More
Chairman Buck McKeon: Further Defense Cuts Don’t Make Any Sense
While America tries to reduce its debt and get its financial house in order, it should not take a penny more out of defense, argues… Read More
Perilous Times for Israel and U.S. in Defense
Last week was a dubious one for the world’s most advanced militaries. In the U.S., Defense Secretary Leon Panetta testified before the House Armed Service… Read More
SecurityNews
Foreign Affairs, Anyone? Department of State Reaches Out to Americans
In its never-ending efforts to be hip, the U.S. State Department last week launched a new Web site called “Discover Diplomacy.” It has video clips,… Read More
Iran, Mexican Zetas, and the Southern Terror Express
A persistent threat scenario against the U.S. has been foreign terrorist organizations—acting independently or in cooperation with violent transnational criminal organizations, and perhaps backed by… Read More
Missile Defense Budget on the Chopping Block Already
The missile defense budget has been on the chopping block ever since the Obama Administration took office. In 2009, President Obama proposed $1.6 billion in… Read More
Tymoshenko Verdict May Push Ukraine Toward Russia
Today, a regional court in Kyiv has found Yuliya Tymoshenko, Ukraine’s former prime minister and leading opposition figure, guilty of “abuse of office” stemming from… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama’s Failure to Confront the Iranian Threat
Yesterday, America learned that Iran conspired to launch a terrorist attack in Washington, D.C., with a planned assassination of the Saudi ambassador and bomb attacks on the… Read More
Romney Joins Calls to Reverse Obama’s Defense Cuts
Tomorrow starts the 11th year that U.S. military forces will be fighting in Afghanistan. Even though President Obama twice “surged” U.S. troops on the ground… Read More
CTBT: State Department’s Misleading Fact Sheets
On September 29, the State Department released a fact sheet that unequivocally asserts that the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a “zero-yield” treaty. Under… Read More
Al-Shabab’s Return to Mogadishu Signifies a Change in Strategy
When al-Shabab withdrew its frontline forces from Mogadishu last August, the terrorist group vowed to launch a wave of asymmetric attacks against the Transitional Federal… Read More
Commitment to Triad Trumps Commitment to Nuclear Zero
The Obama Administration’s commitment to maintain the U.S. strategic triad appears to be fading, writes Mark Schneider, former special assistant in the Office of the… Read More
