Putin and Obama Won’t Visit Each Other Any More
Russian President Vladimir Putin has cited the need to complete the formation of new cabinet ministers to excuse himself from attending the G-8 summit at… Read More
China Not Yet Rebalancing
China has the world’s second-largest GDP, the world’s largest monetary base, and the world’s largest foreign exchange reserves. Its large internal and external economic imbalances… Read More
Chen’s Choices and American Values
Human rights activists Bob Fu and Reggie Littlejohn will discuss recent developments in the Chen Guangcheng case at a press conference today at The Heritage… Read More
Don’t Strand the Marines on the Beach
The United States and Japan released a revised deployment plan for U.S. Marine Corps forces in the Pacific. It is an improvement over the 2006… Read More
China’s Premier Is Not a Reformer
Both The Washington Post and the Financial Times have more front-page stories today on the seemingly endless saga of the fall of senior Chinese Communist… Read More
Horror of North Korea’s Prison Camps Revealed by Escapee
Deep inside the darkness of North Korea—a totalitarian state from which little news escapes—as many as 200,000 citizens are suffering in the regime’s forced labor… Read More
Rubio Is Right: Naval Power Pivotal to U.S. Foreign Policy
Senator Marco Rubio’s (R–FL) foreign policy speech today at the Brookings Institution included a standout sentence that should be thoughtfully considered: Even in our military… Read More
U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement Marks Breakthrough
Despite serious setbacks for the U.S. in Afghanistan over the last three months, the two countries were able to conclude a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA)… Read More
Russia’s Gunboat Diplomacy: Russian Warships to Patrol Syria’s Coast?
On April 13, the Russian RIA Novosti news agency quoted a high-ranking source in the Russian defense ministry as saying, “A decision was made to… Read More
Crisis in U.S.–Pakistan Ties Subsides, but Disconnect on Terrorism Persists
Pakistan’s parliament Thursday approved recommendations of a parliamentary committee to reset the terms of U.S.–Pakistan relations, paving the way for the reopening of NATO supply… Read More
