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Previewing The State Of The Union

01/15/2015 Published on Forbes.com
President Obama has faced some incredibly difficult situations in his presidency. But he has faced perhaps none more dire than the danger we are confronting in the rise of a new, stronger radical Islam. To this end, it is my…

China Makes Its Move In Latin America

01/09/2015 Published on Forbes.com
For the last five years, President Obama has been talking about an American “pivot” to Asia. It is now common knowledge that the Asia pivot has been a resounding failure – emboldening those powers it sought to keep in check…

President Obama Starts The New Term Off On The Wrong Foot

01/06/2015 Published on Forbes.com
Earlier today members of the 114th Congress were sworn in and took their oath of office for the new term. There has been a lot of talk about the promise for a more bipartisan, conciliatory Congress. This has been coming…

President Starts New Term Off On The Wrong Foot

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Earlier today members of the 114th Congress were sworn in and took their oath of office for the new term. There has been a lot of talk about the promise for a more bipartisan, conciliatory Congress. This has been coming…

After Two NYPD Officers Are Assassinated, Reconciliation And Bipartisanship Is The Only Solution To Divisiveness

12/31/2014 Published on Forbes.com
There’s plenty of blame to go around here. Mayor de Blasio’s initial comments that were perceived, and rightly so, to be sympathetic to protestors certainly precipitated the disproportionate reaction from the police when they turned their backs on the mayor…

Ukraine Moves Towards Aligned Status And Maybe Even NATO Membership

12/23/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Change may be afoot in Ukraine. A vote of 303 to eight in the Ukrainian parliament today showed overwhelming support for the country to renounce their non-aligned status, a position they’ve held since 2010 when Viktor Yanukovych was president. The…

President Obama Moves To Normalize Relations With Cuba

12/17/2014 Published on Forbes.com
Today marks a new era in US-Cuba relations and arguably the first substantive change since 1961. “We will end an outdated approach that has failed to advance our interests,” President Obama said in an address this afternoon. “Neither the American…

Obama Moves To Normalize Relations With Cuba

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Today marks a new era in US-Cuba relations and arguably the first substantive change since 1961. “We will end an outdated approach that has failed to advance our interests,” President Obama said in an address this afternoon. “Neither the American…

House Passes $1.1 Trillion Spending Bill

12/12/2014 Published on Forbes.com
The latest battle between Republicans and Democrats over the spending bill was anticlimactic in comparison to the past. For starters, the drama really only lasted a week – a far shorter period of time than we’ve seen legislators go at…

Russian Backed Separatists Shatter ‘Day Of Silence’ With Ukraine

12/10/2014 Published on Forbes.com
In what can be best described as an up and down battle since the ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine was negotiated in September, pro-Russian separatists violated this week’s “day of silence” that was agreed upon as a step towards…