I couldn’t agree more with Aaron. The Norwegian Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Peace Prize to the European Union (EU) is preposterous. Don’t get me wrong. The EU has a noble and peaceful legacy. Established in 1951, the supranational…
Today, at the American Conservative, Daniel Larison notes that Mitt Romney’s speech to assembled VMI Keydets lazily rehashed the foreign policy platform he introduced back in July. Larison reminds us of a more immediate preface – an op-ed penned for…
Prefacing potential of regional conflagration, the Turkish parliament approved military response against Syria, after a Syrian mortar killed several civilians at a refugee camp in south-central Turkey. Two days of return fire marked a dramatic escalation in the simmering border…
We’re mere hours away from Wednesday night’s debate. For the past several days, both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama have withdrawn from the campaign trail to busily cram for this long-awaited political showdown. Behind the scenes, top strategists on both…
Yesterday morning, I experienced transnational censorship, firsthand. While researching Iranian oil output (‘vis-à-vis Asian buyers circumventing the EU embargo), I stumbled upon a Tehran Times piece, titled “Asia’s Imports of Iranian crude to regain levels prior to EU ban.” Attributed…
This morning, while scanning the headlines, I brushed over discussions of Syrian weapons stockpiles and the jaw-dropping stupidity that compelled a candidate for the US Senate to parse the definition of “legitimate” rape. Rather, I latched on to a Bloomberg…
In London, the Olympic village may have pulled up stakes, but the circus surrounding Julian Assange looks bound for the long haul. As you may have read, Ecuador has granted asylum to the embattled Wikileaks founder, who is wanted by…
Over at the Foreign Policy Association, I’ve written a brief review of a memo published by the Council on Foreign Relations, titled “Renewed Violence in Iraq.” Authored by Douglas Ollivant of the New America Foundation, the report offers practical recommendations…
Last Wednesday, in an op-ed for The Orange County Register, the Cato Institute’s Gene Healy made the case that while amazing, our newest “R/C” space crusade to Martian terra firma is ultimately unaffordable: “At 2.5 billion and counting […] it’s a…
Yesterday, I found myself reading about the gunman who unleashed his savage prejudice in a hail of bullets at the Wisconsin Sikh temple. This line caught my eye: “Federal authorities have said they are treating the attack as a possible act of…