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Rookie Mistake

Last month, as part of his plans to "push the reset button" on U.S.-Russian relations, the new president sent a secret letter to his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev. The missive reportedly...

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The Country the World Forgot

Only four years after World War II had ended and two years after modern India, Pakistan and Israel were created, the Republic of China (ROC), originally established in 1911, was reborn on Taiwan in...

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The Four Pillars of Obamaism

Although it is still too early to speak of an "Obama Doctrine," four trends, already apparent, will define the Obama administration's approach to foreign affairs in the years ahead. They are:...

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Welcome to the NFL, Mr. Obama

The challenge that President Obama had faced so successfully with adoring foreign leaders came to naught in his recent meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel. The charming pedantry of Barack...

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Reality Awaits Obama

Liberalism's fatal flaw is that it misapprehends human nature. It does this in nearly every conceivable way, but its most basic fallacy is the notion that conflict is not natural, peace is. Conflict,...

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Israeli Settlements

WASHINGTON -- It seems that as the years pass the books and films on World War II remain enormously popular. Indeed, I would not be surprised if they are more popular today than they were immediately...

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Obama's Iran Blunder

On its current course, the Middle East is headed for nuclear war. The only question is whether someone will act to take history off that course. That won't be the left wing extremist/narcissist we now...

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Passive Unaggressive

The impression the Obama Administration gives is that of a hesitant traveler tip-toeing around the world seeking to avoid dark corners while at the same time searching for respect and, ultimately,...

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Robust Weakness

WASHINGTON -- The anti-government protests in Iran following the government's rigged elections are doubtless a little more than the "robust debate" among Iranians that President Barack Obama welcomed...

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Jeremiah Wright Foreign Policy

Anyone familiar with the views of Barack Obama's pastor of twenty years might wonder if Reverend Jeremiah Wright is the chief inspiration behind the president's foreign policy. The president's...

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Following the New Australian Defense Model

For most of the Cold War, America's allies did surprisingly little to defend themselves, preferring to rely on the U.S. That dependent mentality continues, especially among the populous and prosperous...

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Foreign Policy by Avoidance

In general the Obama administration has been given a pass on foreign policy and defense issues. Of course small gaffes have been exploited for partisan political purposes, but serious attacks on...

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President Obama Chooses Decline for America

"Decline Is a Choice: The New Liberalism and the End of American Ascendancy." That was the title of the devastating critique of Obama Administration foreign, defense, and domestic policies delivered...

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Cuba 1962: Lessons for Today

One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War By Michael Dobbs (Vintage Books, 426 pages, $17 paper) Anyone old enough to recall the fortnight in October 1962 when...

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Authoritarianism the Chinese Way

Repeat after me: the People's Republic of China is an authoritarian country. Political leaders are not elected. Human rights activists go to jail. Religious persecution is real. China is not free. Yet...

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