Senator John Kerry (D-MA) (l.) and Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) address a news conference after the Senate ratified the START nuclear arms reduction treaty. Jonathan Ernst/ReutersNew START Treaty: How Will Next Efforts For Nuclear Weapons Reduction Fare? -- Christian Science Monitor
The Senate ratified the new START treaty by a vote of 71 to 26. But this could turn out to be the high-water mark in Obama’s efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
With Wednesday’s Senate ratification of a new nuclear-arms reduction treaty with Russia, President Obama accomplished what he has said for months was his top foreign-policy priority.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Guns of December: It's about time South Korea started shooting back. -- Edward Luttwak, Foreign Policy
Give Petraeus a Chance -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine
U.S. trapped in a civil war -- Gwynne Dyer, Japan Times
Is Iran's Militarization a Good Thing? -- Elliot Hen-Tov & Nathan Gonzalez, Real Clear World
Iraq: Before and After Saddam -- Peter Wehner, Commentary Magazine
The nosedive of Turkey-Euro- Atlantic relations -- Amanda Paul, Today's Zaman
The hidden result of Cancun: dictators get more gas-guzzling cars and private jets -- Alex Singleton, The Telegraph
Barack Obama is the anti-Reagan of US global leadership -- Niles Gardiner, The Telegraph
New Wave Nationalism -- Dominique Moisi, Project Syndicate
The Federal Reserve: Aging Magician of the Welfare State -- Mikiel de Bary, American Thinker
The Net Neutrality Coup --John Fund, Wall Street Journal
A federal judge made the right decision on targeted killings -- Washington Post editorial
A new meaning for 'brothers in arms' -- Robert Knight, Washington Times
Bring ROTC back to elite campuses -- Eliot Cohen, Washington Post