Tyranny, Thy Name is Syria
Over the weekend, Nick Cohen in the UK Guardian provided halting testimony to just how macabre the abuse of human rights by the Assad regime in Syria has become. From the piece: To grasp the scale of...
View ArticleThe UN: Feckless on Syria
In my new column this week, I profile President Obama’s manifest weakness in responding to Syria and Iran — a weakness that belies the reputation for hawkishness that he seems to have been cultivating...
View ArticleThe Price of Resisting Tyranny in Syria
I’ve written in this space before about the human rights atrocities being committed by the Assad regime in Syria, which are limited only by the perverse imaginations of the state-employed sociopaths...
View ArticleIn Tibet, Shades of Tunisia?
The Arab Spring has changed shapes so many times in the year since it started — with the most recent development coming in the form of a Muslim Brotherhood bid for the presidency of Egypt — that it’s...
View ArticleForeign Policy Does Matter in This Presidential Election
A month ago Troy’s column asked “Will Foreign Policy Still Matter in the Presidential Election?” At the time, Mitt Romney had just picked Paul Ryan as his vice presidential running mate, and all eyes...
View ArticlePodcast: Times of Uncertainty at Home and Abroad
Timothy Lee, Vice President of Legal and Public Affairs at CFIF, discusses the increased regulatory uncertainty for the Internet sector and U.S. economy caused by FCC and Obama Administration policies,...
View ArticleMore Facts Indicate Libya Consulate Attacks Were Planned
In his column this week Troy noted the “suspicious sign of premeditation” when the American consulate in Libya was invaded by rioters on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Troy also pointed out...
View ArticleObama Continues Foreign Policy by Apology at the U.N.
In my column last week, I noted how preposterous it was that the Obama Administration continued to bend over backwards to distance itself from the video (falsely) claimed to have ignited the recent...
View ArticleThe Arab-Israeli Conflict: Is Peace Possible?
In an interview with CFIF, Bruce Herschensohn, Professor at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, author and CFIF Board Member, discusses the war between Israel and Hamas, Secretary of State...
View ArticleISIS or ISIL?
If you’re confused about what to call the newest terrorist threat – ISIS or ISIL – Daniel Pipes, the renowned conservative Middle East expert, has an answer. Whichever one you want. The Obama...
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