Foreign Policy

Obama Ponders “Non-lethal” Aid to Syrian Rebels

Meeting on the sidelines of the second Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul, South Korea, on March 25, President Obama met with Turkish Prime Minister...

Bruce Walker March 28, 2012

Obama to Medvedev: “After the Election, I’ll Have More Flexibility.”

Raven Clabough March 27, 2012

President Obama has once again gotten caught speaking into a microphone, unaware that it was still on and recording his every word. This...

Obama’s Surprise Nominee to World Bank, Jim Yong Kim

Bob Adelmann March 27, 2012

Friday’s announcement by President Obama that his nominee for president of the World Bank would be Dartmouth College’s President Jim Yong Kim (left)...

Obama Demands Smaller U.S. Nuclear Arsenal, Praises Russia

Alex Newman March 26, 2012

President Obama promised on Monday to pursue yet another controversial agreement with Russian officials to further slash both governments’ nuclear arsenals, saying the...

War with Iran Seems More and More Likely

Raven Clabough March 26, 2012

Some critics have alleged that the Obama administration has been covertly preparing for war against Iran for some time now. There is perhaps...

Iran Nuke Threat Not Imminent, Officials Say

Jack Kenny March 26, 2012

Iran does not have a nuclear bomb, has not decided to build one and is probably years away from having a deliverable nuclear...

John McCain: “Shameful” That U.S. Hasn’t Intervened in Syria

Joe Wolverton, II, J.D. March 22, 2012

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) says it is “shameful” that NATO hasn’t acted to suppress the unrest in Syria. ...

N.C. Rep. Walter Jones: “Uncle Chang” Funding $10B-a-Month War in Afghanistan

Jack Kenny March 21, 2012

Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C., left) asked Tuesday when Congress might hear that it's time for Americans to come home from the war "Uncle...

Possible Assassination Attempt on Panetta Reported

Jack Kenny March 17, 2012

A driver who crashed a vehicle on a Kabul runway near Leon Panetta's plane Wednesday may have been targeting the U.S. Defense Secretary...

How — and Why — Obama Kept a Jailed Yemeni Journalist From Being Pardoned

Michael Tennant March 16, 2012

A journalist is arrested, convicted by a kangaroo court, and imprisoned because he reports stories embarrassing to the government under which he lives....

Senator McCain Advocates War Against Syria

Raven Clabough March 16, 2012

Though two-thirds of Americans are opposed to American military intervention in Syria, and despite the lack of constitutional authority to intervene in Syria,...