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The US Must Follow Through On Middle East Aid Commitments

08/05/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Douglas E. Schoen and Joshua Schoen The Arab Israeli peace talks are on the verge of being restarted after three years. This raises questions as to what the United States’ broader strategic interests are and what role Middle Eastern states…

In Much-Hyped Speech On The Economy, Obama Offers Up More Of The Same

07/24/2013 Published on Forbes.com
President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at Knox College in Galesburg, Ill. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Obama’s speech this afternoon at Knox College was billed as the presentation of his economic vision. However, it turned out to be what I am…

Egypt Highlights The United States’ Impotence

07/05/2013 Published on Forbes.com
The situation in Egypt highlights the quandary the United States also finds itself in in Syria and, to put it bluntly, our nation’s impotence. To be clear, the quandary is three parted. The first part is the question of whether…

Edward Snowden And The Russian And Chinese Advantage

06/24/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Another day, another humiliation for the Obama administration. As I argued on my show, Political Insiders, with Pat Caddell and John Leboutiller yesterday, Russia has once again embarrassed the US and President Obama by harboring former NSA contractor Edward Snowden…

No Light At The End Of The Tunnel

06/18/2013 Published on Forbes.com
To hear some commentators tell it, President Obama has been plagued by a truly terrible case of bad luck. The mounting scandals – the IRS, the DOJ information grab, Benghazi, and now the NSA – have formed the perfect storm.…

What Does Rowhani’s Election As Iran’s President Mean for America?

06/16/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Iranian President-elect Hassan Rowhani (Image credit: AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) The election of Hassan Rowhani as the next Iranian president is a clear rebuke of the current regime. The final count shows Rowhani with a remarkable fifty-two percent of the…

A Last Chance For Iran

06/14/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Fifty million Iranian voters will head to the polls today. They will elect their next president – the man who will have to contend with Iran’s 25% youth unemployment rate, a shrinking economy and a 32% inflation rate. This new…

Edward Snowden And The Obama Agenda

06/12/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Move up http://i.forbesimg.com tMove down Google’s War On Government Secrecy Kashmir Hill Forbes Staff After NSA Leaks, Senators Re-Introduce Bill To Reduce Patriot Act Secrecy Andy Greenberg Forbes Staff As the world was first introduced to Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old…

Politics Of PRISM: White House In Crisis, Obama Doubles Down

06/07/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Move up http://i.forbesimg.com tMove down Watch Top U.S. Intelligence Officials Repeatedly Deny NSA Spying On Americans Over The Last Year (Videos) Andy Greenberg Forbes Staff The start of President Obama’s second term has been a difficult one. To be sure,…

Where Is The United States Vis-à-vis The 2013 Iranian Presidential Election?

05/23/2013 Published on Forbes.com
A recent event has not gotten the attention that it arguably should have. On Tuesday, Iran’s Guardian Council turned down the candidacies of two potential presidential candidates: one, a close aide and associate of current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the…