International – Page 40 – Schirach Report

Clinton Is Reinventing Herself As A Hawk – Yet America Is Broke Whatever politicians may say about a more muscular foreign policy, the reality is that there is no money to fund it

WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton is doing her best to distance herself from the hesitant and timid foreign policy pursued by...

The Islamic State Should Be Destroyed, Immediately By now we should know that a political entity founded on a radical anti-Western ideology is a serious threat to America and the world

WASHINGTON – In the 1990s the Clinton administration stupidly under estimated the threat posed by Osama bin Laden and...

No US Boots On the Ground In Iraq Why does the US proclaim in advance what it will not do in the conduct of a critical military operation? It is all about domestic politics

WASHINGTON – “We’ve learned about the limits of our power to spread freedom and democracy. That’s one big lesson...

Obama Inherited The Iraq Mess, But He Made It Worse As Iraq started falling apart, Obama did absolutely nothing. Now it is much harder to stop the crisis

WASHINGTON – So, “Did Obama lose Iraq”? Is it Obama’s fault that a country once at the center of US...

US Air Power Hits Just A Few Small ISIL Targets In Iraq Against a dangerous enemy use US military power massively, "just a little" will not work

WASHINGTON – I recently argued that Obama’s military intervention in Iraq, (through air strikes, no ground troops), lacks conviction,...

Obama’s Intervention In Iraq Lacks Conviction Military actions are about winning, and not about "doing something"

WASHINGTON – What I read in President Obama’s choice of words and demeanor in announcing this new US military engagement...

Palestinians Have Been Granted The Status Of Perpetual Refugees With good intentions, the international community transformed a humanitarian problem into a permanent issue

WASHINGTON – Trying to do good, we may often make a bad situation a lot worse. Back in 1950...

The War Against The East Has Ruined An Already Weak Ukrainian Economy Whatever the military outcome, this costly fight to retain control of the East has essentially bankrupted the country

WASHINGTON – A few weeks ago I wrote that Ukraine should cut its losses by letting its Eastern provinces...

Power Africa? Great Idea, Poor Execution This ambitious power generation program assumed good coordination between the US Government, the private sector and African insititutions

WASHINGTON – The same Obama administration that produced the messy Affordable Care Act, (Obamacare), and the totally mismanaged Department of...

There Is No Such Thing As An “Illiberal Democracy” Real democracies should denounce political leaders in Hungary or Russia who claim that authoritarianism is a more advanced form of democracy

WASHINGTON – “Giovinezza, giovinezza, primavera di bellezza, nel fascismo e’ la salvezza della nostra liberta'”. “Youth, youth, springtime of beauty,...