Confronting Nidal Malik Hassans erstwhile Martyrdom
From this AP story about the devout Muslim, execution-style murderer of US soldiers and civilian personnel at Fort Hood, Nidal...
United Nations
Why we need to test nuclear weapons
President Barack Obama made history last month when he presided over the nuclear nonproliferation summit at the United Nations Security...
UN Report: Counterterrorism ‘Unduly Penalizing Transgender Persons’
A report by U.N. Special Rapporteur Martin Scheinin that is awaiting approval by the United Nations General Assembly says that security...
Peace in our time
Give President Obama this much. He came to office promising climate change and, according to the committee that awards the...
Brazil’s tilt towards Chavez and Iran
For those of us concerned with hemispheric security, the big question has always been how do we contain Chavez‘s expansionist...
Making hash of Honduras
Now that the Honduran crisis has moved back into the media spotlight, we should examine what actually took place in...
The Obama doctrine
Undermine our allies. Embolden our enemies. Diminish our country. Those nine words define the Obama Doctrine with respect to American...
Apostasy and the Islamic Nations
The 1990 Cairo Declaration, or so-called "Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Islam", was drafted and subsequently ratified by all...
Our irredeemable international system
Our international institutions are irredeemably corrupted. From the United Nations to the International Criminal Court and their affiliate and subordinate...
Obama’s big UN adventure
President Obama's upcoming visit to the 64th UN General Assembly, which opened yesterday, will be nothing if not entertaining. Substantively,...
‘Going Wobbly’
In the late 80s, Margaret Thatcher warned George H.W. Bush "not to go wobbly" on her; in the past week...
Sudans Extermination of Christians: an Interview With Simon Deng
As a child, American human rights activist Simon Deng survived brutal enslavement by Islamists and witnessed their destruction of his...
Clinton’s unwise trip to North Korea
The Obama administration characterized Bill Clinton's unexpected visit to Pyongyang to secure the release of two American reporters, held unjustifiably...
Zeroing in on Peru
Today, Peru is one of the strongest economies in Latin America. In 2007, the Peruvian economy grew 9% and continued...
Supporters of ‘dialogue’ with the Iranian Mullahs help keep the US from ‘meddling’ on behalf of freedom
The Obama administration's failure to stand firmly with the forces of opposition to the mullahs' regime in Tehran is drawing...
What if Israel strikes Iran?
Whatever the outcome of Iran's presidential election tomorrow, negotiations will not soon -- if ever -- put an end to...