Yemen Truce Endangered By Downed Aircraft?
Saudi Arabia offered a truce to the Houthis Thursday, mere hours before Houthi fighters attacked cities on the Saudi/Yemeni border....
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Uruguay’s Gitmo Problem (ENG & ESP)
As the United States continues to empty Guantanamo Bay of all its residents, evidence is mounting that the current administration...
U.S. Secretary of State in East Africa Signals Tacit Acknowledgment of Global Jihadist Threat
U.S. Secretary of State visited both Nairobi Kenya (Monday) and the airport in Mogadishu Somalia (yesterday) just weeks after al...
Kerry Tries to Dismiss Criticism of Iran talks as “Hysteria”
In a statement to Israel’s Channel 10 News over the weekend, Secretary of State John Kerry aggressively defended the Obama...
Not A Good Deal
At a press conference this afternoon, President Obama lauded the preliminary agreement reached with Iran to reduce the risk of...
Biden Joins White House Interference in Nigerian Democracy
And this (Obama’s) administration goes to great lengths to ensure that we don’t give even the appearance of interfering or...
Delayed Election Creates Key Moment to Strike Boko Haram
There are several forces at play that make the new timeline for Nigerian elections a one time chance for a...
Eichmann in Washington: Genocide Architect Welcomed by State Department, Congress, and the National Prayer Breakfast
Hannah Arendt is known for her book, Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil. She fled Germany...
China Wins the Influence Game in South Sudan
The 2005 creation of South Sudan as the newest nation began as one of the great U.S. diplomatic successes during...
A Policy Learning Moment from the West Africa Ebola Outbreak and Sanctions on South Sudan
Despite much consideration during last week's Congressional hearings, a travel ban will not make for an easy fix to contain...
The High Costs of Presidential Incompetence
Last January President Obama called ISIS a “JV” terrorist group. Months later after it metastasized into a terrorist army, Mr....
No Place for Iran in ISIS Plans
Secretary of State John Kerry’s awkward denial that the United States has not proposed “coordinating with Iran” against ISIS suggests...
Obama to the rescue – of Hamas
Operation Protective Edge is now two weeks old. Since the ground offensive began Thursday night, we have begun to get...
Needed: Balanced Statements by Obama Officials on Israel-Gaza Conflict
Senior U.S. officials need to choose their words much more carefully on the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict. President Obama yesterday...
Where’s Israel’s Hashtag, Mr. President?
Hashtag activism has become a staple of the Obama administration’s foreign policy toolbox. While many view hashtag campaigns as a...
John Kerry’s Jewish best friends
Anti-Semitism is not a simple bigotry. It is a complex neurosis. It involves assigning malign intent to Jews where none...