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Twenty political scientists have compiled a year-long study on American perception abroad. Has the “Obama Effect” really changed the way the world sees America? [more]
The appearance in Washington last week of Iran’s foreign minister, while the blood is not yet dry from his government’s continuing suppression of student protests, is a reminder of the disastrous foreign policy path the Obama administration has chosen. Not so long ago, proponents of a stronger U.S. foreign policy faced a similar policy of weakness and accommodation. The 1970s saw some pretty dark days of “détente.” [more]
With a surge in the number of American residents joining Al Qaeda, its menace to Homeland Security is now more acute than at any time since September 11. [more]
His Holiness the Dalai Lama has been barred from the White House until President Obama travels to China in November. Sinophiles in the White House are in Nirvana having successfully tossed overboard criticial bilateral concerns such as forced abortions, human rights, the treatment of political prisoners, and Chinese aggression against unarmed U.S. naval vessels in the Western Pacific — all this under the definition of “Strategic Reassurance,” the new euphemism for United States’ appeasement. [more]
In a graphic illustration of the new world order, Arab states have launched secret moves with China, Russia and France to stop using the US currency for oil trading. [more]
Tags: al Qaeda, Barack Obama, Burma, China, currency, Dalai Lama, detente, Human Rights, iran, Oil, War on Terror
Nick Ducote
Nick is an undergraduate at Louisiana Tech University studying political science and history.