SecurityCommentary
Paris Terrorist Attacks Underscore the Expanding Threat Posed by ISIS
The terrorist attacks launched in Paris on Friday that killed at least 129 people have been claimed by and traced back to the Islamic State,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russia Admits Plane Brought Down By Bomb But Putin Won’t Make Defeating ISIS Top Priority
Russia’s intelligence services have finally admitted what most have already suspected: that a bomb brought down the Russian commercial airliner over the Sinai Peninsula last… Read More
SecurityNews
After Paris Attacks, This Senator Wants to Block Obama’s Syrian Refugee Plan
Congress should cancel President Obama’s “blank check” for resettling Syrian refugees here in the wake of the bloody Islamic State attacks in Paris that left… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Iran’s New Wave of Anti-Americanism
Tehran seems determined to demonstrate that the nuclear agreement struck by the Obama administration will not alter the nature of the Iranian regime one whit…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Obama’s New Anti-ISIS Boots on the Ground in Syria: Too Little, Too Late?
There’s a lot of confusion about the announcement by the White House late last week about the upcoming deployment of U.S. special operations forces to… Read More
InternationalNews
Meet the Priest Who Cares for Hundreds of Christian Refugees Fleeing ISIS
AMMAN, JORDAN—In the small town of Marka, Jordan, about 20 minutes from downtown Amman, hundreds of Christian refugees and their families live under the steadfast… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why ISIS Is Killing Journalists
Last week, two press freedom groups—Reporters Without Borders and the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory—issued a press release detailing the plight of independent media in the northern… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What Turkey’s Election Means for the US
Last June, Turkey held a general election, but no single party won enough seats within the legislature to form a single ruling party. After a few… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russia and Iran Are Winning a War of Images in Syria
The leaders of Russia and Iran both have ramped up their propaganda machines to project images of surging regional influence within Syria. This aggressive news… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why Violence Has Increased in Israel
JERUSALEM—Over the years, Israelis have had to defend themselves from foreign armies, suicide bombers, and missiles. Over recent weeks, they’ve been confronting a new threat: young Palestinians… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why a ‘No-Fly Zone’ Will Not Work in Syria
The civil war in Syria rages on, hundreds of thousands of refugees continue to make their way onto European shores, and complicating matters further, Russia’s… Read More
InternationalCommentary
State Department Fumbles Response to Palestinian Violence
For a brief moment the State Department got its reaction right to the Palestinian knife attacks against Israeli citizens last week. A very brief moment…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Obama’s ‘Best’ Foreign Policy Achievement
The president now plans to continue a U.S. ground force presence in Afghanistan to help hold off the Taliban until he leaves office. This is… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Turkey’s Changing Role in the New Middle East
“We will manage the wave of change in the Middle East. Just as we have an ideal in our minds about Turkey, we have an… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Obama’s Middle East Strategy Continues to Fail as Cuban and Iranian Troops Join Russian-Backed Offensive in Syria
Russia is not the only country that feels free to intervene in Syria on behalf of the Assad regime and attack U.S.-supported Syrian rebels. Cuba… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Putin Begins Propaganda Blitz to Sell his Syrian Bombing Campaign
The Russian government has launched an all-out media campaign to sell its involvement in Syria to the Russian people. On all official television channels (which… Read More
InternationalNews
What’s Behind the Latest Israeli-Palestinian Violence
A new surge in Palestinian-Israeli attacks is drawing international attention because of its uniqueness. Since the Jewish high holidays, young Palestinians unaffiliated with any formal… Read More
InternationalNews
Washington Post Reporter Convicted in Iran, Reigniting Republican Criticisms of Nuclear Deal
Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian was convicted in Iran on espionage charges after being detained in Tehran for more than a year, Iranian media reported Sunday…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Another Foreign Policy Failure for Obama: Pentagon Training for Syrian Rebels Ends
After the grim announcement last month that only four or five Syrian rebels trained by U.S. military personnel remained inside Syria, the Obama administration has… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Putin Is Not a Child. Obama Should Stop Treating Him Like One.
In last Friday’s press conference, President Obama called Vladimir Putin’s incursion in Syria “an act of weakness.” It’s his pat answer when Putin misbehaves. The… Read More
InternationalNews
Does Obama’s Iran Deal Violate Federal Law?
Does the Iran deal violate a 2012 law related to sanctions relief? A Fox News report Thursday raised questions, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, thinks… Read More
InternationalNews
McCain Urges Lawsuit Against Obama Administration Over the Iran Deal
Sen. John McCain says he wants to see a lawsuit against the Obama administration over the Iran nuclear deal. “I think he’s in defiance of… Read More
InternationalNews
McCain on Iran Deal: ‘All the Other Nations in the Region Are Going to Go Nuclear’
Sen. John McCain says the Obama administration’s nuclear deal with Iran is so bad that it could turn the Middle East into a nuclear cauldron…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
US Still Without Strategic Focus in the Long War on Terror
As incredible as it may sound, the U.S. government still lacks the capacity to coordinate its global counterterrorism strategy. This disturbing finding is reflected in… Read More
InternationalNews
Why This Wounded Iraq Veteran Opposed the Iran Deal
It was not difficult for retired Staff Sgt. Robert Bartlett and his wife to settle on a name for their newborn son two months ago…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Palestinian President’s UN Speech Falls Flat
After weeks of hinting that he would “drop a bombshell” at the United Nations, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday threatened to stop abiding… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Putin’s Syrian Gambit Exposes Flaws in Obama’s Naive Foreign Policy
Russia’s aggressive military intervention in Syria poses major problems for the United States, its allies, and the future of Syria. It is likely to make… Read More
InternationalNews
Inspired to Stop Terrorism, Congressman Continues to Fight Iran Deal
Rep. Patrick Meehan is not fond of giving up. “I’d like to have [Obama] administration officials over telling us why they believe it’s in the… Read More
InternationalNews
Inside the US Air War Against ISIS
U.S. ARMED FORCES, Iraq—The air war against ISIS is a tricky one for U.S. pilots. Without American troops on the ground, it’s hard to tell… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Is Russia Ramping Up Military Involvement in the Middle East?
As if Syria wasn’t nasty enough after four years of bloody civil war—a brutal Syrian regime, Islamic State barbarity, an Iranian and Hezbollah influx, and… Read More
