Western Leaders Suspend Russia from G8; Now They Should Downgrade the G20
The leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States (the G7), plus the president of the European Council and… Read More
The Chorus for LNG Exports Gets Bigger and Louder
As Congress returns to work and focuses on a Ukraine aid package, exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) is getting all sorts of attention these days,… Read More
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Missile Defense as a Response to Russia
Daniel Gouré’s recent op-ed for the Lexington Institute offers a compelling alternative to the Obama Administration’s weak-kneed response to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Gouré advocates… Read More
The Dirty Tricks Putin Is Now Using
Who killed Kennedy? The CIA. Who introduced AIDS to Africa? The CIA. Sure, it’s crazy talk. But those stories were two of Moscow’s most successful… Read More
Nuclear Threats and Russian Trash Talk
Russian chest thumping has reached a new high (or low, if you prefer) in the wake of Russia’s forcible annexation of the Ukrainian province of… Read More
Russia Cracks Down on Media Freedom in Ukraine
Ukrainians rallied in the streets of Kiev to topple their former leader. Now they are facing a new threat: Russian attacks on Ukrainian media outlets…. Read More
Exporting Natural Gas Is Part of the Solution
One of The Heritage Foundation’s recommendations for how the United States should respond to Russian aggression against Ukraine is lifting restrictions on exporting liquefied natural… Read More
Treasury Is Misinforming the American Public about Ukraine and IMF Reforms
A U.S. Treasury Department spokesperson blogged last week about “Why IMF Quota and Governance Reforms are Urgently Needed” and implied that opponents of President Obama’s… Read More
Russia’s Illegal Crimea Referendum Must Be Rejected by the Free World
Crimea has just announced the preliminary result of its forced referendum. Unsurprisingly, 95 percent of those taking part in the poll voted in favor of… Read More
Vlad’s Excellent Autocratic Adventure
A great deal of ink has been spilt over the evolving situation in Ukraine, and Russian President Vladimir Putin’s de facto annexation of Crimea. At… Read More
Why China Is Watching the U.S. Response to the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
As tensions in the Crimean Peninsula continue intensifying, it’s important to note who is watching. It’s not just the international press and the diplomatic corps,… Read More
Will Obama, Kerry Cave on Ukraine Just Like They Caved on Syria?
The Obama administration would like nothing more than to find an off ramp from the Ukrainian crisis. An unwelcome distraction from its domestic agenda, Ukraine… Read More
6 Things the White House Can Do Immediately Regarding the Russia–Ukraine Conflict
Despite issuing carefully worded statements—leaving a lot of room for interpretation—the White House has largely avoided mentioning specific consequences for Russia’s recent aggressions. Perhaps the… Read More
Don’t Count on China to Help Ukraine
As the situation deteriorates in Ukraine, the United States and its European allies are looking for means to pressure Moscow, while recognizing that options—military or… Read More
Expelling Russia from the G8: Weak Symbolism and Absurdist Theater
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has joined U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry in calling for consideration of expelling Russia from the G8, the group… Read More
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Obama and the Red Crayon
Lines don’t mean anything to President Obama. Domestically, he has no trouble stepping outside the lines of the law—even laws he championed—to suit his agenda…. Read More
The Protesters’ Cry for Freedom
The international scene in the past couple of weeks was supposed to be a smiling gathering of nations for the Olympics. That has been overshadowed… Read More
As Kyiv Burns, the Obama Doctrine Is Going Down in Flames
The Obama Administration’s lack of leadership on international crises has become so apparent that even The Washington Post is launching broadsides at the White House…. Read More
Heritage Takes the Message of Economic Freedom to Ukraine
The Heritage Foundation sought to bring a small measure of encouragement to Ukrainians this week as they continue their months-long protests for democratic and market… Read More
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Q&A on the Crisis in Ukraine
The political crisis that consumed Ukraine for the past two months is showing signs of positive developments. President Viktor Yanukovich is beginning to meet some… Read More
Why the Russia Terrorist Attack Should Worry Americans
This week’s terrorist bombings in Russia allegedly perpetrated by Islamist militants from the Caucasus region should be of deep concern to us — and not… Read More
Volgograd Terror Wave Threatens Sochi Olympics, Russian Civic Peace
Russia’s holiday cheer was shattered by brutal suicide bombings on December 29 and 30 in the city of Volgograd that killed at least 31 people…. Read More
Q&A on the Crisis in Ukraine
The brutal dispersal of demonstrators in Ukraine last week led to dozens wounded—and a public protest movement which now surpasses the Orange Revolution of 2004…. Read More
Russia Silences Political Opponents Through Judicial Abuse
Outspoken anti-corruption crusader and whistleblower Alexei Navalny may face up to 10 years in prison in Russia for money laundering. Just weeks ago, a Russian… Read More
Russia Should Drop “You Are with Us or Against Us” Mantra
Recently, several of Russia’s “younger siblings,” such as Ukraine and Moldova, finally got a chance to partially break from the Russian bear hug and opt… Read More
After Syrian Confusion, the Obama Doctrine Lies in Ruins
Even as he took office, President Obama set out a vision of a doctrine that would “transform” the United States. In foreign policy, the “Obama… Read More
DeMint on Obamacare: “We Have to Stop It While There’s Still Time”
Unfair. Unworkable. Unaffordable. Those are the words Heritage President Jim DeMint used to describe Obamacare during a conversation with Andrew Wilkow on The Blaze this… Read More
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Obama’s Ad Lib Syria Policy Puts Putin in Driver’s Seat
Moscow has quickly exploited Secretary of State John Kerry’s off-the-cuff remark on Monday about how Syria could avoid a U.S. military attack by giving up… Read More
DeMint Writes Letter to Vladimir Putin on American Exceptionalism
This week in The New York Times—on September 11, no less—Russian President Vladimir Putin took issue with the idea of American exceptionalism. He wrote: It is… Read More
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Putin and Obama: Taking Exception on American Exceptionalism
It’s good that Russian President Vladimir Putin and American President Barack Obama have found something they can agree on. Unfortunately, they’re both wrong. Neither Putin… Read More
