Articles: Foreign Policy Archives

Trump 2.0: An Imperial Presidency, or the People’s President? May 1, 2025 Barry Scott Zellen It's nice to have a President who is proud of America, and willing to put America first again.

A planet of republics April 29, 2025 Molly Slag The world will be a better and safer place if America encourages people trapped in totalitarian nations to create republics of their own.

We're not the same April 21, 2025 Mike McDaniel Abrego Garcia is their immigration poster child, and they can’t understand why Normal Americans don’t agree with them or why their approval rating is so low.

Rubio brings free speech back to foreign (and domestic) policy April 17, 2025 Wendi Strauch Mahoney The State Department’s latest move signals a significant step in the dismantling of state-run censorship.

Donald Trump’s Return: A Foreign Policy Reset After Biden’s Weakness March 11, 2025 Yassin Fawaz The ceasefire in Ukraine following Trump’s refusal to bow down to Zelensky’s games shows that respect begets good results.

MAGA moon over Greenland? March 12, 2025 Silvio Canto, Jr. Greenland shows that Trump still has the endorsement touch.

In Munich, JD Vance Championed the Individual, not the Collective March 1, 2025 Dave Butler Vance’s talk brought into the open a schism about individual liberty that has divided America from Europe since 1776.

John Brennan should be on trial, not on TV March 2, 2025 John Mac Ghlionn The man’s foreign policy expertise is limited to failed wars, covert destabilization, and reckless warmongering, not to mention being a major Russiagate Hoax figure.

Democrats lie about Trump at Arlington and the withdrawal from Afghanistan August 28, 2024 Andrea Widburg The lies are necessary to cover for the fact that the survivors of the withdrawal and the family members of those who died want nothing to do with Harris-Biden

Hunter Biden’s criminal tax trial kicks off next month, but the WSJ says it’s time to move on August 22, 2024 Jack Hellner As their logic goes, since Joe is no longer president, the Biden family corruption is water under the bridge.

Joe Biden's Foreign Policy: A Series of Failures June 13, 2024 S. Hodges American foreign policy under Biden has been a string of bad decisions.

George Clooney seems to think he has a 'say' in U.S. foreign policy June 7, 2024 Monica Showalter He called up the Biden White House to complain about Biden's criticism of the ICC warrant request to arrest Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu because his wife helped write it.

America Must Prevent China from Flipping the Kill Switch on Taiwan’s Democracy May 29, 2024 Janet Levy Taiwan’s new president recently spoke of the island nation’s accomplishments, and U.S. silence is deafening.

Hamas mortars the UN at the Gaza April 26, 2024 Mike McDaniel Oh well, at least Hamas isn’t actively shooting at our troops—yet and that we know of.

Donald Trump’s Pragmatic, Successful ‘America First’ Doctrine April 4, 2024 Alexander G. Markovsky Like Cardinal Richelieu before him, Trump understands that the best policy is to prioritize the nation’s interests over all other considerations.

Brownnosing Biden from The Atlantic: 'America is Lucky that Biden's in Charge' October 28, 2023 Monica Showalter Seems a big buildup for Joe Biden's foreign policy 'genius' is in the works from his sycophants now that election time beckons.

LGBTQ+ rights are core to America’s foreign policy March 24, 2023 Kathleen Brush This helps explain why China has become the world’s new power broker.

Severing trade with tyrants August 13, 2022 Bob Ryan Foreign economic policy needs to reflect a respect for human rights.

After provoking China, Pelosi explains her eligibility to speak to foreign policy regarding the communist country August 7, 2022 Olivia Murray Wait, what did she just say?

Angelo Codevilla, Our America First Champion July 4, 2022 John Dale Dunn Angelo Codevilla speaks clearly, doesn’t hesitate to identify malefactors, and is extremely adept and accomplished at identifying nonsense

What does a US foreign policy success in the Middle East look like? January 7, 2020 Lawrence Sellin It's not rocket science. It's Machiavelli.

Trump's statesmanship surprise June 12, 2018 David Prentice None of us, no one I have read, no one I know, expected Donald Trump to be a giant in foreign policy. No one expected him to reshape the world.

On foreign policy, the plaintive whine of the swamp November 24, 2017 Monica Showalter CNN's Nic Robertson would have you think all these red carpets being rolled out for President Trump abroad signal diminishing American influence. What a boob.

Pivots Instead of Policies in International Affairs December 28, 2016 E. Jeffrey Ludwig The pivot has become the hallmark of flexibility in international relations. How did we get to this point?

Trump’s New World Order December 18, 2016 Ted Belman The first hint of Donald Trump’s vision of a New World Order came when he said in a speech during the primaries that NATO is “obsolete.”

'Disco Duck' and 1976 want their foreign policy back October 17, 2016 Silvio Canto, Jr. Obama really wanted to make that Cuba deal.

The Foreign Mess Awaiting the Next President October 11, 2016 Reza Parchizadeh Whoever inherits Obama’s mantle will have to face three rising security threats if democracy is to maintain in the United States in the long run.

Trump’s foreign policy speech a Rorschach test for elites April 28, 2016 Thomas Lifson Reactions tell us where they stand on Trump more than Trump's speech.

Recovering from Obama: Foreign Policy June 8, 2015 J.R. Dunn Obama will be out of office in less than two years. The time is approaching for repair, renewal, and retrenchment.

The Faces of Foreign Policy Failure March 19, 2015 G. Murphy Donovan National leadership over time requires real experience, maturity, and relevant talent. None of these are evident so far in Team Obama.

Hillary Clinton's Foreign Policy Failures August 29, 2014 Jonathan Levin The record is clear that U.S. foreign policy collapsed on Clinton’s watch and the world is a far more dangerous and far less free place as a result.

Why Obama's foreign policy is so amateurish June 6, 2014 Thomas Lifson Short answer: it’s run by political hacks who have muscled aside or ignored the sober-minded and experienced professionals who have served in the National Security Council since President Truman

The appalling Obama foreign policy team: The case of Tommy Vietor May 2, 2014 Thomas Lifson Dude, our foreign policy is in the hands of incompetents.

Barack Obama's Foreign Policy: An Utter Failure January 26, 2014 Elise Cooper Perhaps the best way to summarize the president's foreign policy is that he has failed to achieve his outlined 2008 goals, because he lacks leadership and displays weakness.

Moving U.S. Embassies: Vatican City? Jerusalem? December 19, 2013 Ken Blackwell and Bob Morrison Unlike the one in the Vatican City, there's a U.S. Embassy that really does need moving.

China Sea Crisis Deteriorates December 5, 2013 Bill Schanefelt and Gary Crowder President Obama's greatest failures have been in foreign policy, and those failures pose immense danger to our nation.

Another Obama 'smart diplomacy' belly-flop September 19, 2013 Thomas Lifson They are laughing at Barack Obama and the United States down in Brazil, but with no mirth.

Strategic Blindness in Syria September 16, 2013 G. Murphy Donovan Religious war is now a global phenomenon, but the Pentagon doesn't have any official guidance for fighting it beyond political correctness.

Elections Have Consequences... September 10, 2013 Lauri B. Regan ...that extend well past our borders.

A Tale of Two Choices in Syria July 11, 2013 Michael Curtis In dealing with the Syrian crisis, the U.S. State Department is failing to take into account the longstanding relationship between Syria and Russia.

Is Al Qaeda Our New Peace Partner in Syria? April 30, 2013 Tara Servatius Would you help Al Qaeda fighters attempt take over a chemical weapons plant? President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry essentially just did.

The Vector of American Foreign Policy February 11, 2013 G. Murphy Donovan Moral cowardice underwritten by defensive fear, naiveté, and misplaced assertions of moral equivalence, seduced by the shibboleth that Islam is one of the "world's great religions" and not just another mutating variant of political fascism.

Toward a `conservative' foreign policy January 20, 2013 Diana West What should a conservative foreign policy that is neither neoconservative nor libertarian look like?

U.S. Ambassador Tells Georgia to Vote for a 'Palestinian' State December 17, 2012 Pamela Geller From the former Soviet Republic of Georgia comes news of an extraordinary betrayal by the Obama Administration.

Truth, Human Nature, and the American Way December 9, 2012 Andrew E. Harrod Americans need not question the principles of their founding document. Nor need Americans doubt the practical strategic effect the growth of free societies has upon peace.

Spotlighting Obama's Foreign Policy Failures October 19, 2012 Elise Cooper What Romney has to do during the debate is to use Obama's words against him by citing how the president's own policy has failed country by country and region by region.

I Must Have Missed It October 13, 2012 Ebben Raves Americans need to hear the truth about what our foreign policy is: who we support, who we oppose, to what degree and why.

Topic: Foreign Policy