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As relations with Cuba thaw, US must check Russia, China military interests

12/22/2014 Published on Foxnews.com
President Obama’s decision to open relations with Cuba was the right thing to do — but not for the reasons he gave. As usual, the president couldn’t resist the temptation rise above petty criticisms of his predecessors’ “failed policies” to…

New Crimean Parliament Votes In Favor Of Leaving Ukraine While U.S. Imposes Sanctions

03/06/2014 Published on Forbes.com
It seemed that the situation in embattled Ukraine couldn’t get any more complicated, but it has. Today, Crimea’s new pro-Russian regional government voted in favor of leaving the country for Russia and will put it to a regional vote in…

John Kerry Admits Defeat On Syria, But What’s Next? The Case For Coercive Diplomacy

02/06/2014 Published on Forbes.com
The notion that we’re failing in Syria is just about the only thing both parties can agree on these days. In a recent interview for her MSNBC show, Andrea Mitchell went after a US State Department official on our flawed…

The Venezuelan Election Settled Nothing

04/15/2013 Published on Forbes.com
Nicolas Maduro’s 1.5% win indicated that Venezuela is, at best, a totally divided society. It also suggests that the winner, Maduro, has no legitimacy. In winning the election, Maduro deployed tens of millions–if not hundreds of millions–of dollars in state…