Will the Republican’s Tilt Toward Isolationism End?
Asked “which is the more hawkish party,” anyone remembering the presidencies of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George Bush would immediately answer “the Republicans.”...
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Biden Revives the Truman Doctrine
His call to wage a global war for freedom echoes the dawn of the Cold War.
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The Old and New Persian Empires
Iraq is invaded and its despot is deposed. Iran encroaches, amassing territory covering Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Israel. The year is 539 BCE, though it eerily echoes events following the fall of Saddam...
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Replacing patriotism with tribalism
Just after last week’s terrorist attack in Barcelona, a pro-Islamic State website posted video from the scene along with a message in Arabic saying, “Terror is filling the hearts of t...
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Why Putin’s Gaze is Fixed on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin is not happy. The government he backed in Ukraine has collapsed. The Ukrainian leader he favored, Viktor Yanukovych is on the run, a...
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Dark Past Haunts Czech Election
It’s not often that a 70-year-old political dispute plays a role in a contemporary political campaign. But that’s precisely what is happening in the race for president of the Czech Re...
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War-Power Paranoia
Zero. If you’re keeping score, that would be the number of American citizens assassinated so far by President Obama. Oddly enough, it turns out to be the same number of our countrymen kille...
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State of the Union
After a week at the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, where he joined Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in pushing back against the Palestinians’ statehood bid, Israel&rs...
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Who’s to Blame for Terrorism in Norway?
Not bloggers. Maybe Reuters.
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Honoring the Compact
In an age when judges are habituated to invent rather than apply the law, a written Constitution is a thing of irony. We’ve become exactly what constitutions are designed to prevent: a nation not of...
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The Pirates of Somalia
Not long after achieving independence, the United States faced its first foreign threat: pirates off the coast of Africa seizing American merchant ships. As Michael Oren recounts in...
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How About a Congressional AUMF Against the Somali Pirates?
Cliff’s column yesterday on the Somali pirates is great. Not only have they recently hijacked American ships and killed American citizens; he points out that they are presently holdin...
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Advise, Don’t Consent
President Obama is writing to the wrong people, and those wrong people are hopelessly confused about his power and their own. This is how bad agreements are born. Senate Republicans coul...
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Symposium: Iraq – The Challenge Ahead
FP: Bill Cowan, Carlton Sherwood, Jim Woolsey, Ralph Peters and Andy McCarthy, welcome to Frontpage Symposium. I want to get your views on Saddam’s execution,...
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An Unveiling
Muslim women veiling has become the subject of intense controversy in Britain in recent days, with Prime Minister Tony Blair calling the veil a “mark of separation.” National Revi...
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Law and Torture
Co-Authored by Ruth Wedgwood In the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal, it is clear that maintaining humanitarian standards for those we take prisoner is central to the good name of the Unit...
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The Gray Lady Whitewashes Black Muslims
Islam is frequently cited in the media as the fastest growing religion in America. Perhaps in recognition of this trend the New York Times recently featured an Arts & Ideas section profile of...