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Obama’s Goals in Syria Remain Unclear
Red lines work only when they are red. This is one of the foreign policy lessons President Obama has not learned. The President has had… Read More
5 Reasons Congress Should Press Obama on Syria
House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) both endorsed military action in Syria yesterday, but it’s unclear whether President Obama has… Read More
Obama’s Unreal New Realities on Syria
Today, President Obama sent Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey to testify before the… Read More
Obama Punts to Congress on Syria
Having carelessly established a “red line” for intervening in the Syrian civil war without a clear strategy or appropriate course to protect U.S. interests, the… Read More
Syria and Iran Could Retaliate with Cyber Attacks
With the U.S. and allies actively considering military action against the Syrian regime for reportedly using chemical weapons, the U.S. cannot ignore the possibility that… Read More
Morning Bell: What to Do in Syria
Reports are rampant that the Obama Administration will call for U.S. missile strikes against the regime in Syria at any time now. That country is… Read More
Obama Mulls Response to Syrian Chemical Attacks
The Obama Administration is now seeking the least bad option for responding to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s increasingly brazen use of chemical weapons against Syrian… Read More
Coalitions Can’t Solve Syria Crisis
As the Obama Administration readies to respond to with force against the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria for employing chemical weapons, it has been pretty… Read More
Top 5 Reasons Not to Use Missile Strikes in Syria
There are press reports that the White House is considering missile strikes on the Assad regime in Syria to punish it for the use of… Read More
Iraq Unravels in the Shadow of Syria’s Bloodbath
Iraq, which has fallen out of the spotlight since the December 2011 U.S. troop withdrawal, has been plagued by rising internal conflict and instability. On… Read More
EU Finally Begins to Take Hezbollah Threat Seriously
Yesterday, the European Union finally reached the necessary consensus among its 28 member states to list Hezbollah’s “military wing” as a terrorist organization. The decision… Read More
Q&A on Egypt
Heritage expert James Jay Carafano, vice president of Foreign and Defense Policy Studies and the E. W. Richardson Fellow, gives his answers to questions about… Read More
Syria: Would the U.N. ATT Ban U.S. Aid to the Rebels?
Proponents of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) assert that the treaty prevents signatories from supporting not only the Syrian opposition but future rebellions against… Read More
Nuclear Reduction Plan Based on Assumptions, Not Reality
President Obama’s speech in Berlin included a nuclear reduction pledge that is based on poor assumptions and an unrealistic goal. It is a policy that… Read More
Turkish Protests Undermine Erdogan and His Foreign Policy
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has badly mishandled mushrooming protests, which could obstruct his political ambitions and constrain his latitude on foreign policy issues…. Read More
“Russian Reset”: Time to Listen to the Critics
In a well-reasoned broadside, The Washington Post’s editorial board blasted President Obama’s Russian policy and his Berlin speech this past Thursday. The editorial justly criticized… Read More
Syria and the G8: Only a Dinner Party Discussion
The leaders of the G8 have wrapped up a two-day summit. Although tax, transparency, and trade (the so-called three Ts) were priorities on the official… Read More
Obama Administration Backs into Policy of Arming Syrian Rebels
The White House announced yesterday that President Obama has authorized the transfer of arms to Syria’s rebels after concluding that Bashar al-Assad’s regime had violated… Read More
Syria: Obama Administration Slow-Walks Decision on Chemical Weapons
The Obama Administration has been moving very slowly on the Syrian chemical weapons issue. Caution is in order, because the President’s credibility is on the… Read More
Iran Steps Up Its Global Terrorism Campaign
Senior Obama Administration officials held a background briefing on Friday in which they discussed the “alarming trend” of escalating Iranian support for terrorism. Two high-ranking… Read More
Hezbollah Escalates Fighting in Syria as Sectarian Tensions Grow in Lebanon
The Lebanese Shia Islamist militant group Hezbollah is becoming more aggressively involved in Syria’s civil war, which threatens to reopen the old wounds of Lebanon’s… Read More
Bedlam in Baghdad: Q&A on Iraq with James Phillips
I sat down with James Phillips, Heritage’s Senior Research Fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs, to get his take on the violence in Iraq. Why the… Read More
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Obama’s “Lead from Behind” Efforts in Syria are Failing
On Wednesday the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution condemning the Syrian government’s forces while praising the opposition. Although the resolution passed, the… Read More
Defense Budget Cuts Troubling in a Dangerous World
Cuts in President Obama’s fiscal year 2014 defense budget submission are troubling, according to Mike Rogers (R–AL), Chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, House Armed… Read More
Europe Must Confront Hezbollah’s Growing Threat
Hezbollah, a Lebanon-based Shia terrorist organization, engages in numerous illicit activities around the world, particularly in the Middle East, Europe, South America, and the United… Read More
Protect America Month 2013
Even as the U.S. withdraws from Iraq and Afghanistan, the world has certainly not become a safer place. North Korea continues to advance its ballistic… Read More
Defense: Mismatch Between Strategy and Ability
In a recent article in National Review, Heritage distinguished fellow and former Senator Jim Talent (R–MO) explains that the U.S. military is facing a troubling… Read More
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Iran-Made Drone Shot Down over Israel
Israel announced on Thursday that it had shot down a drone approaching its coast about five miles west of the northern city of Haifa. Israeli… Read More
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The U.S. Faces Dangers from Around the World
James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, recently told the Senate Armed Services Committee, “In my almost fifty years in intelligence, I do not recall a… Read More
Hagel Announces Deployment of U.S. Troops to Jordan in Response to Worsening Syria Crisis
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Wednesday that he has ordered the deployment of U.S. troops to work with Jordan’s military to “improve readiness and prepare… Read More
