What does the future hold for the People’s Republic of China?
by Dr. Miklos K. Radvanyi In China, history is always viewed through the prism of a peculiarly inverse political logic. The fact that tyranny in the form of a communist…
Freed Guantánamo Detainee Involved in Benghazi Attack
by Frances Martel U.S. officials told the Washington Post that Abu Sufian bin Qumu, a former Guantánamo Bay detainee and leader of a paramilitary group with al-Qaeda ties, had a…
How Iraq views America’s Leadership
by Guy Taylor Iraq’s ambassador to Washington says the Obama administration doesn’t fully grasp the consequences of failing to more aggressively combat a surging al Qaeda threat inside his country,…
The high price of Obama’s Mideast peace push
by John Bolton The breaking news that al Qaeda has captured Fallujah and Ramadi raises the question whether America’s sacrifices in Iraq were made in vain. It also highlights the…
Despots Love a Vacuum
by Peter Roff It wasn’t that long ago that Barack Obama took America to the brink of armed conflict in Syria over its use of chemical weapons against rebels trying…
Jihadist militancy is on the rise across the globe
In a landmark speech that recalibrated a central tenet of US foreign policy, President Barack Obama in May (2103) declared the global war on terror over. What seemed optimistic then…
How China Is Behind the Nuclear Program of Iran—and Every Other Rogue State
Beijing proved masterful at enabling Pyongyang to expand its program, and did the same for Pakistan. Now it’s Tehran’s turn. In November, immediately after the announcement that Iran had reached…
How Obama’s Syria Policy Fell Apart
by Michael Weiss It’s hard to pinpoint just when, exactly, Barack Obama’s Syria policy fell apart. Was it in December, when Islamists humiliated U.S.-backed rebels by seizing what limited supplies…
If you like your President …
President Obama’s second inaugural conveyed a hunger to lead. “We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect,” he said. “We must act, knowing that today’s victories will be…
Benghazi attack ‘Al Qaeda-led event’
The 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya was an “Al Qaeda-led event” according to multiple on-the-record interviews with the head of the House Intelligence Committee who receives regular classified briefings…
Iran and the ‘Reverse’ Midas touch
by Sherman Frederick President Barack Obama has the Midas touch in reverse when it comes to foreign relations and world peace. The latest example of his gift — or is…
What America Still Can Learn From the Iron Lady
by Matt Naham When Margaret Thatcher passed from this world on April 8, myriad books followed. Consequently, an exclusively eulogistic feel characterizes many of these works. Catalogues of the Iron…
December 25, 1776: George Washington’s Christmas night raid
“The great Christmas night raid in 1776 would forever serve as a model of how a special operation – or a conventional mission, for that matter – might be successfully…
Prospects for Military Intervention in the Syrian Crisis
by Kenneth Bloomquist Executive summary Given the current political climate in the United States and Europe, if a military intervention in Syria were to materialize it would probably be a…
Democrats kill resolution calling for more sanctions against Iran
House Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer withdrew his support at the last minute for a resolution calling for additional sanctions on Iran, according to a source familiar with the discussions. Hoyer…