Handing Over the Keys to the Internet
It’s nuts to cede control of the Internet to countries with poor records on free speech. by Charles C. W. Cooke If at least for the sake of variation, those…
When U.S. Steps Back, Will Russia and China Control the Internet?
Some fear foreign powers will fill the void. by Brendan Sasso The United States is planning to give up its last remaining authority over the technical management of the Internet.…
Ex-White House tech chief: Internet giveaway ‘raises the stakes’ of Web governance
by Giuseppe Macri The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Friday decision to cede management of the Internet to the global Internet community ”raises the stakes” over the future of Internet regulation,…
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Laughs at Obama’s Sanctions
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin laughed off President Obama’s sanction against him asking “Comrade @BarackObama” if “some prankster” came up with the sanctions list. by Kirit Radia The Obama administration…
It’s time to realize that Vladimir Putin can’t be trusted
by James J. Carafano 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 disinformation…
How to stop — or slow — Putin
by Charles Krauthammer The president of the Los Angeles World Affairs Council challenges critics of President Obama’s Ukraine policy by saying, “What are you going to do, send the 101st…
White House withholds thousands of documents from Senate CIA probe, despite vows of help
by Jonathan S. Landay, Ali Watkins and Marisa Taylor The White House has been withholding for five years more than 9,000 top-secret documents sought by the Senate Select Committee on…
Accused of Spying on Congress, CIA Director Tap Dances
by Major Garrett CIA Director John Brennan denied credible allegations of spying on Congress—a federal crime—leveled by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein with a classic Washington evasion. “We wouldn’t…
Slashing our nuclear deterrent provides only marginal savings
by Peter Huessy Steve Pifer of the Brookings Institute recently published an analysis of how one might save significant costs by down-sizing our strategic nuclear deterrent. He explained “Two recent…
The catastrophe of Ukraine
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi Although the immediate cause for the people’s uprising against Viktor Yanukovych’s reign was his rejection of a trade agreement with the European Union, the ultimate…
How Obama Should Have Handled the Crimea Crisis
Here are the steps a strong leader would have taken. by Peter Roff If America had a robust foreign policy, “the crisis in the Crimea” might never have come to…
A message Obama needs to deliver and Putin needs to hear
by George Landrith Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized, and his military forces have carried out, an unprovoked armed invasion of a neighboring nation, Ukraine — whose sole transgression was…
Fantasy-Based Foreign Policy
by Stephen F. Hayes On February 23, five days before Russia invaded Ukraine, National Security Adviser Susan Rice appeared on Meet the Press and shrugged off suggestions that Russia was…
The wages of weakness
by Charles Krauthammer Vladimir Putin is a lucky man. And he’s got three more years of luck to come. He takes Crimea, and President Obama says it’s not in Russia’s…
One way to respond to Putin: Don’t let him control the Internet
by George Landrith Russian President Vladimir Putin has authorized, and his military forces have carried out, an armed invasion of a neighboring nation, Ukraine, whose sole transgression was wanting closer…