Has America Lost Its Nerve Abroad?

An armoured U.S. Marine vehicle is enveloped in smoke after it was hit by an IED roadside bomb attack during a patrol of Now Zad district in...

U.S. Foreign Policy Is Making A Mess In The Mideast

Secretary of State John Kerry met Tuesday with Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, Oman’s ruler, at the royal palace in Muscat. Pool photo by Ji...

Does The White House Know What To Do Next In Syria?

Obama Appears At A Loss To Define The Way Forward In Syria -- Major Garrett, National Journal President Obama did not start the Syrian crisi...

Is President Obama Politicizing Intelligence?

The Obama Administration's Troubling History Of Politicizing Intelligence -- Kori Schake, Shadow Government/Foreign Policy For months, t...

The Global Consequences Of An American Withdrawal

American Withdrawal and Global Disorder -- Eliot Cohen, Wall Street Journal As Obama ends U.S. security guarantees, nuclear weapons and viol...

Global Risks As The U.S. Retreats

The Risks of Retreat -- Michael Gerson, Real Clear World WASHINGTON -- Declining national influence is a choice, and America seems to be mak...

No Global Strategy From The White House (Commentary)

President Barack Obama receives an update on the ongoing response to Hurricane Sandy, in the Situation Room of the White House, Oct. 29 2012...

The New World Disorder

President Obama with Chuck Hagel and John Brennan, January 7, 2013 The New World Disorder -- Victor Davis Hanson, NRO With a diminished team...

America Is No Longer The World's 'Policeman'

America Steps Back as Global Policeman -- George Friedman, Stratfor Last week, U.S. President Barack Obama announced that the United States ...

Vogue Editor Anna Wintour For US Ambassador To Syria

Photo: Anna Wintour at the Twenty8Twelve fashion show in London, September 22, 2009. Wikipedia Springtime F or Assad -- James Taranto, Wal...

More Foreign Policy Challenges In A Second Obama Term

5 Overlooked Foreign Policy Challenges Of Obama’s Second Term -- Hayes Brown, Think Progress As President Obama’s electoral victory continue...

Will We Always Be At War?

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise conducts an underway replenishment with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support...

Is America's Policy Towards Syria A 'Display Of Amateurism' For The World To See?

American Amateurism On Display In Syria -- Rami G. Khouri, The Daily Star A famous American coloring shampoo advertisement years ago used th...

Global Security Challenges Await The Next President

Numerous Global Security Challenges Await Next President -- Voice of America PENTAGON — With much of the Middle East in turmoil, the possibi...

The Case For Cutting-Off Aid To Egypt

Give Egypt's Aid Money to Libya -- Michael Totten, Wall Street Journal Consider how differently the governments in each country have beh...

Should We Do Business With Despots?

Doing Business With Despots? -- Walter Pincus, Washington Post The United States has been quietly deepening relationships in Central Asia, ...

Foreign Policy Is A Plus For President Obama, So Why The Silence?

President Barack Obama, along with Vice President Joe Biden, meets with members of his national security team for a monthly meeting on Afgha...

Wisdom From The Retiring US Envoy To Afghanistan

Ryan C. Crocker, the departing ambassador to Afghanistan, says American policy makers had “better do some cold calculating.” Bryan Denton fo...

Useful Idiots

Nancy Pelosi meets with Bashar Assad in 2007 Assad’s Useful Idiots -- Noah Glyn, NRO American policymakers tried to negotiated with the Assa...

A Commentary On The Need To Develop A Smart And Forward US Foreign-Military Policy

U.S. sailors man the rails aboard the USS Nimitz as it passes the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to participate in the bienni...