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Western Heavyweights Intervene In Ukrainian Conflict; Looking For Another Diplomatic Solution

02/05/2015 Published on Forbes.com
I was relieved to see reports earlier this week that the United States was finally considering arming the Ukrainians as they continue fighting off pro-Russian separatists in the East. There was the suggestion that we might have been able to…

America Needs A Venezuela Policy

01/16/2015 Published on Forbes.com
In 2014, troubling trends in Europe and the Middle East held much of America’s attention. And 2015 is shaping up to be similar. I have written extensively and frequently on how America can better defend its interests and allies in…

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…

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…

Ukraine president: no military solution to conflict with Russia

09/12/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Friday that there was no military solution to his country’s conflict with Russia and that Ukraine needed European economic and political support to help avoid an escalation. The Ukrainian president, who struck a cease-fire with…

President Obama Lays Out His Strategy To Destroy ISIS On Eve Of 9/11

09/11/2014 Published on Forbes.com
While President Obama weathered a storm of criticism for expressing just six days ago that the US “doesn’t have a strategy”, on the eve of the 13th anniversary of 9/11 he told Americans not only what our clear objective was…

What We Need To Hear From President Obama On His ISIS Strategy Tomorrow Night

09/09/2014 Published on Forbes.com
We’ve been hungering for consensus in America and we’ve got it: 91% of Americans see ISIS as a threat to the vital interests of the United States, according to a new Washington Post poll. 71% of respondents support airstrikes in…

President Obama is a fantastic success

09/05/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
Well, I guess it depends on your definition of success. I’ve argued for years now that my Columbia University classmate, Barack Obama, has a very different definition of “success” than patriotic Americans who love God, country, capitalism and American exceptionalism.…

Peace Talks Are In The Air At The NATO Summit, But Will Things Ever Change?

09/04/2014 Published on Forbes.com
The NATO summit in Wales has begun and crisis in Ukraine is the main topic of conversation. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has said that he is seeking a “bilateral cease-fire” between Ukraine’s army and the pro-Russian separtists who have taken…

Video Proof Of Russian Military In Ukraine Emerges

08/26/2014 Published on Forbes.com
We’ve all known for months that Putin has been support the pro-Russian separtists in Eastern Ukraine, despite his denials. They had weapons, funding and ground support that couldn’t have come from anywhere but Moscow, but there was never obvious and…