Posts Tagged: John Bolton
NSA Programs Key to Combating Terrorism
Congress is poised to decide whether to re-authorize programs run by the National Security Agency that assess patterns of domestic and international telephone calls and...
Why the Iran Deal Will Trigger a Nuclear Arms Race
Specifics of Barack Obama's incipient deal legitimizing Iran's nuclear-weapons program (and even whether a final understanding can be reached) will doubtless provoke debate for the...
Obama Toys With Cutting Israel Adrift in the Security Council
Immediately after Israel's March 17 election, Obama administration officials threatened to allow (or even encourage) the U.N. Security Council to recognize a Palestinian state and...
A UN Vote is Irrelevant to the Iran Deal
Press reports that President Obama will enlist the U.N. Security Council to bless his imminent nuclear agreement with Iran have unleashed considerable controversy. Many worry...
Barack Obama and the Fatal Myth of Appeasement
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's powerful speech to Congress about Iran's nuclear weapons program now is behind us. America obviously benefited by hearing directly from...
It’s Too Late for Obama to Correct the Failures of His Presidency
With the supposed cease-fire in eastern Ukraine a mirage, the White House can soon be expected to return to its public pondering of whether to...
Obama’s Foreign Policy Will Damage America for Decades
Any administration's national security strategy written for public consumption inevitably involves platitudes, vacuous rhetoric and self-congratulation. But the strategy announced last week for President Obama's...
Why the Obama Administration Fears Netanyahu
When Speaker of the House John Boehner invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on Iran's nuclear weapons program, one might have thought...
Egypt’s Leader Battles Islamic Extremists
When Egyptian President Anwar Sadat traveled to Jerusalem in 1977, he shattered decades of isolation and war with Israel to search for peace. No single...
How the Palestinian Authority Could Stop Obama’s Penchant for Internationalism
The Palestinian Authority is aggressively seeking to have itself declared a "state" by joining treaties and international organizations, thereby pressuring Israel and the United States...
The UN Vote on ‘Palestine’ Was Just a Prelude for Things to Come
Long-standing Palestinian efforts to use the United Nations to achieve internationally recognized statehood status nearly succeeded early Wednesday. Just after midnight, the Security Council narrowly rejected a...
How the U.S. Should Respond to North Korea’s Hacking of Sony
"‹North Korea's cyberattack on Sony Pictures for the effrontery of making a movie criticizing Kim Jung Un could actually have a silver lining. That depends...
Opinion: Why the EU’s Actions Impact America
Important American interests are at stake in what may seem, from a distance, arcane disputes within and among members of the European Union. Nonetheless, European...
Iran’s Pursuit of the Islamic Bomb Invites Copycats
While the future of Iran's nuclear program has rightly been the focus of the intense Vienna negotiations, there are other significant implications extending well beyond...
