This is something Secretary of State John Kerry actually said. It is not from The Onion: "You just don't in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext." He was criticizing Russia's incursions into...
Report from Thursday, February 26, 2014 (today): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry decried what he called a "new isolationism" in the United States on Wednesday and suggested that the country was beginning to behave like a poor nation. Speaking to reporters, Kerry...
In response to the revolution in Ukraine, Moscow has ordered a 150,000-troop Russian military exercise in the semi-autonomous region of Crimea, right on Ukraine’s border. Amid the commotion, pro and anti- Russian residents residents of Crimea have protested. Dmitri...
Writing at The National Interest, Robert Haddick, an independent contractor with U.S. Special Operations Command, welcomes "getting tough" on China. He argues that Washington has been too accommodating to China's regional ambitions and has thus failed to provide a...
The U.S. State Department announced yesterday that it was expelling three Venezuelan diplomats after "similar action against three U.S. consular officials in Caracas." When nations expel diplomats from their respective countries, it is an indication tensions are...
At the National Journal, Michael Hirsh reports: It's been more than a year since incoming CIA Director John Brennan signaled his intention to shift drone warfare to the Pentagon as soon as possible. Brennan, a career spook, was said to be determined to restore the...
The geopolitical tensions arising between China and its smaller neighbors are complex. There are ways to mitigate them and ways to exacerbate them. For the U.S., however, it's a much simpler question. Considering the maritime and territorial disputes are none of our...
The international debate over what is happening in Ukraine is a partisan one. Some criticize Russia for nefariously seeking to keep Ukraine in its orbit. These folks denounce the Ukrainian government and security forces for their corruption and violence against...
It's true that the devil is in the details. It is especially true, though, with legislative budgets. I wrote earlier about the Pentagon's suggestions for $45 billion in cuts to its own budget and how much of it targets the bloated benefits plans for members of the...
After initially agreeing in principle to a Status of Forces Agreement that would govern the presence of U.S. troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014, President Hamid Karzai has refused to sign the deal. The White House had been scrambling to get an agreement signed by this...
