InternationalCommentary
Pompeo’s Panel Offers Needed Clarity, Guidance on Human Rights
After the staggering human toll of World War II and the Holocaust, world leaders began a remarkable project in 1948 to identify and protect the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Double Standards Rule the Day in the UN Human Rights Council
At the behest of all 54 African countries, the U.N. Human Rights Council held an “urgent debate” June 16 to discuss racism and police brutality,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump Administration Right to Reject Jurisdiction of International Criminal Court
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday announcing sanctions on individuals “directly engaged in any effort by the [International Criminal Court] to investigate, arrest,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How US Can Continue to Push Back Against Beijing
Remember the old public relations maxim: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”? Try telling that to Beijing. Having loosed a pandemic, China finds itself (quite deservedly)… Read More
InternationalCommentary
WHO Is a Mess, but America Can’t Reform It Alone
President Donald Trump has sharply criticized the World Health Organization and its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, for months. The administration’s dissatisfaction resulted in a decision… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In Excluding Taiwan, Politics Overrides Health at the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization, the premier health organization in the United Nations system, is charged with “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Chinese Leadership Corrupts Another UN Organization
Chinese influence in the United Nations and its affiliated international organizations has been expanding significantly over the past decade. China watchers long have hoped that… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How to Keep the Free World From Becoming a Suburb of Beijing
Let’s be realistic. No consensus exists on the future of relations between China and the West. Yet, clearly that is changing. Previously, many looked at… Read More
SecurityCommentary
10 Steps America Should Take Now to Respond to the China Challenge
The growing chorus to “punish” China for how it has handled the COVID-19 crisis is understandable and justifiable. We need to be smart about how… Read More
InternationalCommentary
3 Actions the US Should Take to Strengthen Its Standing and Hold China Accountable
Beijing’s cover-up of the coronavirus outbreak is the scandal of the century. Its unconscionable malfeasance launched a global plague, hobbled the international response, and crashed the world’s… Read More
