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Don’t Forget About Ukraine
ISIS. ISIS. ISIS.
Since the beginning of the ISIS insurgency in Iraq just a few weeks ago, the world’s attention has been focused squarely on containing – and possibly fighting – this dangerous organization.
To be sure, the implications of…
Obama Flubs Iraq
It has been a rough week in Iraq.
The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, has stormed into Fallujah, Mosul, and Tikrit in Iraq’s Sunni north, and is eager to strike at Baghdad.
In a historic move, Kurdish…
The Republican Party Is Divided, Leaving A Tea Party Sized Opening
It’s a bad week to be outgoing House Majority Leader Eric Cantor.
His 13-year run as Virginia’s 13th district representative came to a shocking end when he lost to Tea Party challenger Dave Brat Tuesday night. I’ve heard that internal…
Obama Is Surrendering The Middle East To Terrorists
In his commencement address at West Point last week, President Obama got one thing right: “For the foreseeable future, the most direct threat to America at home and abroad remains terrorism.”
I agree.
While I have said and written many…
Putin’s Plan To Keep Control Of Ukraine
Monday’s attack on a Ukrainian border guard post by hundreds of pro-Russia rebels is the latest evidence that the situation in eastern Ukraine remains dire and extremely volatile.
The democratic election of Petro Poroshenko is a good sign that Ukraine…
President Obama Defends His Foreign Policy In West Point Speech — But Where Do We Go From Here?
In his commencement address at West Point this morning, President Obama offered a defense of his administration’s foreign policy over the past six years and his vision for the future of American foreign policy.
The speech comes on the heels…
Ukrainians Go To The Polls Tomorrow
As Ukrainians go to the polls to elect their president tomorrow the result is not in much doubt: chocolatier and oligarch Petro Poroshenko will almost certainly be the next president of Ukraine.
But what is in much graver doubt is…
Putin Is Sponsoring Sectarian Violence In Ukraine
Over the past few months much of the discussion about the crisis in Ukraine has concerned the implications of Vladimir Putin’s desire to turn Russia into a great power capable of challenging the United States and its NATO allies.
To…
Can Anything Stop Putin? The US And EU Need A Coherent Foreign Policy
It has now been several months since the Ukrainian protests began on the Maidan in Kiev and nearly two since Russia annexed Crimea.
Through it all, the US and the EU has continually failed to find a way to properly…
As ObamaCare Continues To Struggle, Medicare Part D Keeps Shining
Yesterday, President Obama’s pick to be the next health secretary, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, faced questions over the troubled healthcare law. Burwell pledged to recoup any federal taxpayer dollars that were misused on failed health sign-up websites in states including Maryland…
