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Sun Could Set Suddenly on U.S. Superpower - Niall Ferguson, Australian

We have been raised to think of the historical process as an essentially cyclical one.We naturally tend to assume that in our own time, too, history will move cyclically, and slowl...

Romney's Dangerous START Treaty Game - Daniel Larison, The Week

Has a willingness to endanger the country for partisan advantage become the Republicans' new litmus test?...

Eight Problems with New START Treaty - Mitt Romney, NRO

The Senate should not ratify the treaty until they are resolved....

Israel Still Can't Trust Obama - Caroline Glick, Jerusalem Post

Just when you thought he was shifting gears he pulls out a zinger....

Reality Check for Obama's Zero Nuke Bid - Nathan Gardels, CS Monitor

We have learned from the 4th-century sacking of the Alexandrian Library or the mysterious demise of the Maya that knowledge can be inadvertently lost to all time through chaos and ...

U.S. Challenges China in Its 'Lake' - Willy Lam, Asia Sentinel

Washington is openly challenging Beijing's claims that the South China Sea is an area of China's "core interest" and that foreign powers should not intervene in the fast-rising qu...

U.S. Must Grow Up on Pakistan - Michael Scheuer, The Diplomat

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s visit to Islamabad last week demonstrated how far the US government has slipped into senility and how desperately it’s seeking an easy—so...

U.S.-China Rivalry Plays Out at ASEAN - Kavi Chongkittavorn, China Post

What surprised the ASEAN leaders this time was Beijing's lukewarm support — it was no longer the usual thumbs-up as before on any proposed ASEAN plan. Other East Asia foreign min...

U.S.'s Black Sea Challenge Puts Russia on Edge - Sentaku Magazine

A storm is gathering in and around the Black Sea as Russia faces a mounting challenge from the United States, which is beefing up its military presence in former Soviet satellite c...

Russian Spies Were No Laughing Matter - A. Soldatov & I. Borogan, FP

For many, the arrest of 12 Russian spies in the United States was a signal that the drama of the Cold War had returned as farce. Much fun was had examining the activities of the "i...

Too Soft on North Korea - Bangkok Post

As it usually does, North Korea is responding in entirely the wrong way to this week's US-South Korea war games off the coast. Operation Invincible Spirit poses no threat to the ...

Afghan War Leak Shows Unvarnished Picture - The Guardian

The fog of war is unusually dense in Afghanistan. When it lifts, as it does today with the Guardian's publication of selections from a leaked trove of secret US military logs, a v...

U.S. Dangerously Unfocused on Iraq - Charles Dunne, The National

After the March 2003 invasion of Iraq by United States and coalition forces, a short but sharp war, and the declaration of “Mission Accomplished” aboard an American a...

Yet Another 'Peace Event' in the Middle East - Tony Karon, The National

Pax Americana in the Middle East may be approaching a moment of truth....

Obama's Failure in Burma - Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, Washington Post

The Obama administration has made a series of inexplicable missteps....

Obama's America and the World - Strobe Talbott, Yale Global

As Barack Obama approaches the halfway point in his first term as president, there is growing disappointment over his perceived failure to have lived up to the hopes inspired by hi...

Sino-U.S. Ties Descend into Zero-Sum Game - Peter Lee, Asia Times

The Barack Obama administration took office in 2009 determined to move beyond the unilateralism of the George W Bush years, and reassert America's global ...

Partition Afghanistan to Save It - Robert Blackwill, Financial Times

In spite of the commitments made at Tuesday’s conference on the future of Afghanistan in Kabul, the current US counter-insurgency strategy (Coin) is likely to fail. The Taliba...

Afghanistan Shows Limits of U.S. Power - Seumas Milne, The Guardian

The catastrophic illusions and acts of official betrayal at the heart of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are being progressively exposed, one after another. In London, the forme...

How U.S. Can Still Get On with China - Pejman Yousefzadeh, The New Ledger

A good start would entail listening to Dan Blumenthal, who points out that while China has had some success in getting the Obama Administration to back off from insisting on certai...

Can Europe Forge a Unified Defense Market? - Centre for European Reform

Despite close political and military ties across the Atlantic, defence markets are fragmented by burdensome export controls and government reluctance to buy equipment from ...

Special Relationship Will Weather Storms - Tom Rowley, Daily Telegraph

It is the politics of the kindergarten to suggest that a momentary squabble might destroy decades of ideological kinship....

Not Time to Trust Afghans Just Yet - Ellen Knickmeyer, The Daily Beast

The latest American plan in Afghanistan—arming villagers against the Taliban—has in recent days created a fierce international debate, with some observers warning tha...

Obama's Soft Power Fallacy - Abe Greenwald, Commentary Magazine

In May, Barack Obama delivered the commencement address to West Point’s 2010 graduating class and offered high praise for the accomplishments of the American military&mdash...

U.S. Revamps Its 'Muddle East' Policy - Ehud Yaari, The Australian

The foreign policy team of US President Barack Obama is undertaking a reassessment of its policy all over the Middle East, including Israel. No one has made or will make a public d...

U.S., UK Must Advance Economic Freedom - Heritage Foundation

British Prime Minister David Cameron and U.S. President Obama are scheduled to meet on July 20 at the White House. The issue of how the two leaders can take joint steps to spark ...

Understanding Iraqi Perceptions of the U.S. - CSIS

Americans tend to see US troop levels in Iraq as being shaped by a US-domestic political debate. Polling by ABC News and other groups, however, tells another side of the story. ...

Obama's Turnabout on Mideast Settlements - Aluf Benn, Haaretz

President Barack Obama's campaign of wooing Israel reflects a fundamental about-face in U.S. policy in the Middle East....

Why the West Has Turned on Afghanistan - Strategic Studies Institute

Domestic public opinion is frequently and correctly described as a crucial battlefront in the war in Afghanistan. Commentary by media and political figures currently notes not on...

Inside U.S. Drone Activities in Pakistan - Council on Foreign Relations

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), often referred to as drones, have become increasingly important in U.S. efforts to strike militants in Pakistani regions bordering Afghanistan. I...

Obama's Ideals Could Lead to War - Walter Russell Mead, American Interest

Those who think that President Obama’s interest in basing his foreign policy on values make it unlikely that he would go to war haven't been paying attention....

Great Britain: America's New Frenemy? - Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast

As David Cameron arrives in Washington, tension over the BP mess is threatening the cozy relationship between two great allies....

Mr. Cameron Goes to Washington - Daily Telegraph

It will help the special relationship if Barack Obama and David Cameron get on....

What Next for Special Relationship? - Matt Brown, Politico

The timing of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Washington looks fortuitous. British Petroleum’s stress-tests on the new oil well cap seemed to be proving...

Two Wars and America's Hour of Truth - Ullrich Fichtner, Der Spiegel

Barack Obama is caught in a Catch-22 situation: If America's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq fail, they will overshadow any of his domestic achievements. The end game in the leadershi...

Who's Winning Eastern Europe's Great Game? - Katinka Barysch, CER

The US is withdrawing from the former Soviet space; the European Union struggles to be taken seriously there. Does that leave Russia free to strengthen its influence in the countri...

Afghanistan Isn't Worth It for U.S. - Richard Haass, Newsweek

GOP chairman Michael Steele was blasted by fellow Republicans recently for describing Afghanistan as "a war of Obama's choosing," and suggesting that the United States would fa...

U.S. Still Bickering over Cuba - Tony Karon, The National

It turns out that Fidel Castro probably isn’t going to live to 120 after all, despite the confident predictions of his regime just four years ago. Now an ailing 83, Mr Castro t...

Should the U.S. Sell Arms to Taiwan? - China Post

With the recent signing of an economic cooperation pact between Taiwan and China, cross-strait relations have entered a new era that could eventually make rapprochement a peacef...

Cameron Must Clear the Air with Obama - The Independent

Camera shots of the two leaders smiling broadly and professing great mutual admiration for one another are all but guaranteed even before David Cameron arrives in Washington tomo...

Petraeus' Risky Militia Move - Los Angeles Times

Handing out guns in Afghanistan has been risky business through the ages, yet arming Afghan village defense forces is central to Army Gen. David H. Petraeus' strategy against the...

American Politics Has Caught the UK Disease - Janet Daley, The Telegraph

Under Barack Obama, the phenomenon of class resentment is a live political issue....

U.S. Needs a Central Asia Strategy - Elin Suleymanov, Washington Times

The tragic events in Kyrgyzstan remind us of the most unfortunate chapters of Eurasia's recent history, when the news from the former Soviet Union was dominated by stories of co...

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