Global Verdict on Obama’s Crumbling Foreign Policy
Recent survey results show that the Obama Administration’s foreign policy has been unsuccessful in the promotion of America and in improving hostile relationships, especially in… Read More
China Says U.S. Missile Defense “Destabilizing”
The Obama Administration is granting legitimacy to Chinese and Russian claims that strengthening U.S. missile defenses are aggressive and instigate conflict. More recently, it has… Read More
Russian Reset Roulette: Putin Throws Obama’s Foreign Aid Under the Bus
The State Department announced yesterday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed the United States he will not permit any further activities by the U.S…. Read More
Russia to Create “Son of Satan” Missile
Last week, General Sergei Karakayev, Commander of the Strategic Rocket Forces, announced plans for a new heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to go into production… Read More
Crane Number One: Putin’s Bizarre Flight
Vladimir Putin donned a white cloak, helmet and a crane’s beak and climbed into an ultra-light plane to lead a flock of endangered red cranes… Read More
Russian “Telephone Justice” for Pussy Riot
Members of the Russian female punk band Pussy Riot, who have become international celebrities as victims of Russian “justice,” on August 17 received two-year jail… Read More
Downsizing America: The Obama Doctrine in Action
A poorer, smaller, humbler, less influential America—that is Barack Obama’s vision for America as presented by Dinesh D’Souza, who spoke at The Heritage Foundation last… Read More
North Caucasus Suicide Bombing Highlights Russia’s Islamist Terrorism Problem
The suicide bombing on August 19 in the North Caucasus republic of Ingushetia in Russia is a tragic reminder of increasing extremist violence in this… Read More
VIDEO: The Bloggers Briefing Featuring Author Dinesh D’Souza
What will America look like in 2016? Dinesh D’Souza is troubled by the big-government policies that President Obama has implemented in his first term. He’s… Read More
Will the President Clarify His “Flexibility” Remarks on Missile Defense?
Cliff May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, writes in his recent article that too few people are interested in finding out what… Read More
Russia Trade and Human Rights: Still Time for Congress to Act
Earlier this year, over protests from the country’s communist party, Russia agreed to join the World Trade Organization (WTO). Now Congress is considering legislation that… Read More
Polish President Blasts Obama on Missile Defense
This week, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski accused the Obama Administration of betrayal, saying, “Our mistake was that by accepting the American offer of a [missile… Read More
Under Olympic Cover, Russian Cargo Ship Approaches Syria
Under the cover of the 2012 London Summer Olympics, the Russian cargo ship MV Alaed, allegedly carrying attack helicopters for the Bashar al-Assad regime, is once again en route to… Read More
Idealistic Nuclear Reductions Detrimental to U.S. National Security
The Global Zero Nuclear Policy Commission Report, endorsed by retired Marine Corps General James Cartwright, is calling for dramatic reductions in the number of U.S…. Read More
Russia and the World Trade Organization: Congress Should Not Sacrifice Human Rights
Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 6156, the Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012, by voice vote with only one… Read More
Russian Demands Are Still Not a Reason to Abandon U.S. Missile Defense
Continuing its longstanding opposition to U.S. missile defense,Russia has demanded to know the parameters of the proposed missile defense shield in Europe and ways to… Read More
Syrian Uprising Penetrates Damascus, Kills Defense Minister
The “Arab Spring” arrived in Damascus with a vengeance this week—despite the brutal repression meted out by the Assad regime. Today, the Syrian defense minister… Read More
Russian Ship Carrying Helicopters Sails Again for Syria
The MV Alaed has once again left its Russian port and is presumably heading back to Syria. The cargo ship was last in the news… Read More
Obama Pursues “Reset” While Putin Pursues “Get Set”
As reported by Bill Gertz, on the day Americans were celebrating our independence, Moscow dispatched bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons into the U.S. air… Read More
Duma to Crack Down Against Foreign-Funded NGOs
Last Friday, Russia’s Kommersant, a leading newspaper, reported that United Russia, the ruling political party, is about to submit a bill in the Duma that… Read More
Syria: Effective American Leadership Needed
Syria’s long-suffering people need U.S. leadership, and they need it now. The situation is dire as activists say more than 14,000 people have been killed… Read More
Magnitsky Act: Congress Should Uphold America’s Commitment to Human Rights
On Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relation Committee unanimously passed the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, which would ban Russian officials involved in Magnitsky’s… Read More
Nuclear Proliferation Still Leads to Instability
In his recent article in Foreign Affairs, “Why Iran Should Get the Bomb: Nuclear Balancing Would Mean Stability,” Kenneth N. Waltz is swimming upstream against… Read More
Congressional Hearing Highlights the Need to Pass Magnitsky, PNTR to Russia
Yesterday and today, the House Ways and Means Committee and Senate Finance Committee held hearings on Russia’s abysmal human rights record and its looming accession… Read More
British Intervention Denies Assad His Russian Helicopters – For Now
It was announced yesterday in the House of Commons by British Foreign Secretary William Hague that the MV Alaed, the ship that is transporting Russian… Read More
Dialogue of the Deaf: Obama and Putin at the G-20 Meeting
Today, President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin are meeting at the G-20 summit in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. This meeting is likely will… Read More
Missile Defense Protection Against Iran Far Outweighs Objections from Russia or China
As the Obama Administration continues to pursue what can at best be described as a tepid commitment to missile defense, it nonetheless continues to draw… Read More
Russia, PNTR, and Human Rights
Progress on the ability of U.S. firms to take advantage of new business opportunities when Russia joins the World Trade Organization (WTO) took a step… Read More
When Will the President Reveal a Secret Deal with the Russians?
Congressman Mike Turner (R–OH) recently released a video asking what secret deal with the Russian Federation President Obama had in mind when he told Russian… Read More
On Missile Defense, Russian Paranoia Trumps Reality
Yesterday Nikolai Korchunov, Russia’s acting representative to NATO, had an article in The New York Times about NATO’s Ballistic Missile Defense entitled: “You Say Defense,… Read More
