From Spain to Libya: Why U.S. Troops in Europe Remain Vital
After the treacherous murder in Libya of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens earlier this week, it was announced that a U.S. Marine Corp Fleet Antiterrorism Security… Read More
Why the Department of Defense Should Be Watching the Dutch Elections
Later this week, voters in the Netherlands will elect a new government after the center-right coalition government, led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, collapsed in… Read More
Italian Prime Minister Warns of EU Collapse
In an interview with Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine on Sunday, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti warned of the “psychological break-up” of Europe if the euro… Read More
Morning Bell: The Grecian Formula for Economic Decline
The President and his team have been blaming “European headwinds” for some of the U.S. economy’s woes. But the truth is that the policies pursued… Read More
Obama’s Ironic European Lecture
Europe is in bad shape, there’s no doubt about it. The sovereign debt crisis continues to roil the continent, Greece may leave the euro, Spain… Read More
NATO to Declare Interim European Missile Defense Capability
During the NATO meeting in Chicago, the alliance will declare that it has an interim operational capability to defend itself against ballistic missile attacks. This… Read More
NATO Summit 2012: Without New Investment by Europeans, NATO’s Future Is in Doubt
At the NATO Summit in Chicago this weekend, leaders will gather to discuss a number of issues facing the alliance. Top of the agenda will… Read More
Is Austerity Crushing Europe?
Numerous governments across Europe have embarked on strict austerity programs. Europe is also sliding into a deep recession, with some countries already essentially in deep… Read More
Morning Bell: Socialism Rises Again
Last weekend, the people of France took a sharp turn to the left, and the rest of Europe may be on the brink of rebuking… Read More
A Cautionary Note from French Economists
Voters in five European countries—France, Germany, Greece, Italy, and Serbia—go to the polls on May 6. Election outcomes, particularly in France and Greece, are likely… Read More
Why Won’t the Euro Crisis Just Go Away?
The European euro/debt/growth/banking/identity crisis is entering its third year. With so many summits, toasts, tense conference calls, and self-congratulatory pronouncements of ultimate success by Europe’s… Read More
VIDEO: Britain’s Liam Fox Warns America: Your Debt Is a Threat
Britain’s Liam Fox has a warning for America: Fix the debt problem now or suffer the consequences of less power on the world stage. The… Read More
European Court Threatens America’s Security
Many Americans will not recognize the name Abu Qatada. Qatada is a radical Muslim cleric currently behind bars in the United Kingdom waiting deportation to… Read More
In Europe, Reducing Spending Necessary, but Not Sufficient, to Restore Economic Freedom
If the 2012 edition of Heritage’s Index of Economic Freedom has bad news for the United States, the news for Europe is not much better…. Read More
The Fed, Other Central Banks Prepare for the Firestorm
The Fed has shocked us once again, and it’s probably right. There’s a firestorm on the horizon. It starts in Europe, but it threatens the… Read More
A New History of the British Conservative Party
American readers looking for a sweeping and superbly written study of the British Conservative Party should look no further than Robin Harris’s The Conservatives: A… Read More
Spain Elects New Government, but No Time for a Siesta
Spain will have a new government in time for Christmas, and unlike Greece and Italy, Madrid’s government will be a democratically elected one. Mariano Rajoy’s… Read More
Will China Bail Out the EU?
The European press has a death grip on the idea that China will provide the huge sums of money necessary to make a dent in… Read More
Spain’s Aegis Frigates Could Join Europe’s Missile Defense Shield
A week ago, the Spanish government of Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero agreed to Spain’s participation in NATO’s European missile defense system by… Read More
Time for Europe to Step Up on Defense Spending
Being a leader often means telling your friends uncomfortable truths. Amid the tentative optimism NATO is now feeling in Libya, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has… Read More
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Losing Economic Freedom: U.K. Riots and the Moral Hazard of Dependency
People have been shocked by the images of destruction and violence coming out of Great Britain in the past few days. But if they tracked… Read More
Europe Must Heed Defense Secretary Gates’ Warning on the Future of NATO
In his farewell address in Brussels, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates delivered a blunt warning to America’s European allies: there is the real possibility of “a… Read More
Tony Blair’s Nightmare Vision of a European Superstate
Tony Blair’s interview in yesterday’s Times deserves to be widely read on both sides of the Atlantic. Why? Because it shows that the Eurofederalists’ delusions… Read More
Obama is AWOL, At Home and Abroad
Consider it a pattern — President Obama speaking to a friendly crowd, papering over his failures of leadership while patting himself on the back for… Read More
Morning Bell: Obama Has Something To Apologize For
When President Ronald Reagan stood before the Brandenburg Gate in West Germany and famously demanded that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev “Tear down this wall!” he… Read More
The Administration Must Not Bend to Russian Missile Defense Demands
Recently, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated that Russia might withdraw from New START—the strategic arms control agreement between the Russian Federation and the… Read More
Time for NATO to Get in the Missile Defense Business
As NATO gears up for its summit in November, one of the top agenda items for discussion is missile defenses — namely, whether NATO will… Read More
Guest Blogger: Americans Must Remain Vigilant as Terrorists Seek to Attack ‘Soft’ Targets
In the past week, military excursions into the tribal regions of Pakistan targeted Islamist militants believed to have connections to a number of plots designed… Read More
Afghanistan Remains a Central Front in the War on Terror
In 2007, the director general of Britain’s internal security service described al-Qaeda and its associated groups as, “the main national security threat that we face… Read More
New START and Europe
Bruno Lete’s analysis of European reactions to the New START treaty is breathtaking; not for its insights, but rather for its intrinsically false assumptions. Assumption… Read More
