How Republicans View a Biden-Trump Race
Our contributors weigh in on Bernie Sanders’s departure from the U.S. presidential race—and what it means for an election campaign overshadowed by the coronavirus.
Cuba
Turkish Government Responsible for Torture, Arbitrary Killings, and Disappearances
In its annual human rights report, released on March 11, the State Department documents egregious violations by the Turkish government, including arbitrary killings, suspicious deaths of persons in custody,...
Policy Briefs
Bernie Sanders Gets China’s Economy Exactly Wrong
The economic growth came from the kind of liberal reforms that he hates.
Op-eds
Democrats Fail the Commander-in-Chief Test
Election 2020 On Tuesday, Democrats held yet another debate. And refreshingly, for once, foreign policy was actually on the agenda. Bernie Sanders came under fire for praising authoritarian leaders, Michael...
Op-eds
The U.N. Human Rights Council strikes again
A motley crew of rights violators seeks to harm Israelis and Palestinians alike
Op-eds
The return of the Monroe Doctrine
Sanders aside, Trump finds bipartisan support for a pro-U.S. Venezuelan leader
Op-eds
To Successfully Denuclearize North Korea, Washington Should Make it Think Like South Africa
If Mr. Trump opts to augment the pressure on North Korea, he will need to patiently wait out attempts by Kim to scare the international community into concessions. He shouldn’t be shaken. The United States should instead keep tightening the rope that led South Africa to abandon nuclear weapons.
Op-eds
Breaking China
With American help, the Communist regime has grown richer and more oppressive
Op-eds
Qatar Withdraws Endorsement of Chinese Oppression
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo voiced his regret last week that some prominent Americans refuse to acknowledge how China is “detaining and abusing more than one million Uighur Muslims in internment camps.”...
Policy Briefs
U.S. Ambassador: German Law Permits Ban of Hezbollah
Grenell debunks Merkel’s excuses in blistering commentary
Op-eds
John Walker Lindh fought for al Qaeda’s pro-Taliban force
John Walker Lindh, an American who fought on the side of the jihadists in Afghanistan both before and after 9/11, was released from prison earlier today. In late 2001, Lindh and his fellow fighters surrendered...
Op-eds
Woman of the world
President Ronald Reagan’s 1981 appointment of Jeane Kirkpatrick as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations did not meet with universal approval. Never before had a woman held that position. A...
Op-eds
Ronald Reagan’s freedom agenda
Ronald Reagan was tough on totalitarians. On March 8, 1983 -- and to the chagrin of many of his advisors – he disparaged the Soviet Union as an...
Op-eds
How the US Can Keep Venezuela from Becoming a Failed State
On Sunday, Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro will face his country’s hungry, impoverished voters. The election will be neither free nor fair, so another win for the corrupt Socialist pa...
Op-eds
UN Extends Mandate of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
The UN Human Rights Council last week passed a resolution extending the mandate of the special ra...
Policy Briefs
The problem with promoting democracy
In a better world, I’d be enthusiastically in favor of democracy promotion and even nation-building -- more correctly called state-building. But we don’t live in a better world....
Op-eds
Europe’s Silence
It’s tempting to say that Europe’s leaders lack the courage of their convictions. But that would imply that they have convictions. The evidence suggests those days are gone....
Op-eds
Forcing the EU to snap out of its cowardice on Iran
To understand Europe’s misguided policy toward the hundreds of thousands of brave Iranians who have blanketed cities across their country to demand the end of the nearly 40-year-old mullah-...
Op-eds
The Biggest Sanctions-Evasion Scheme in Recent History
Yesterday, Turkish banker Mehmet Hakan Atilla was found guilty in a Manhattan courtroom for a range of financial crimes. His dramatic trial revealed that tens o...
Op-eds
Latin America’s socialist-Islamist-narco-terrorist alliance
At the U.N. last week, President Trump had harsh words for the “socialist dictatorship” that has impoverished Venezuela. He railed against “Islamist extremism” and “...