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European Union Gives Millions to Anti-Death Penalty Groups in America
Why on earth are British taxpayers being forced to fund European Union lobbying for policy campaigns in the United States? Furthermore, why is the EU directly interfering in domestic political debates...
View ArticleGuest Blog: Did the Raid Against Bin Laden Violate Our Own Principles?
Ever since the raid last month that killed Osama Bin Laden, the question of whether the US violated Pakistani sovereignty keeps on coming up. Heritage asked renowned international law scholar Jeremy...
View ArticleAmerican Sovereignty Under Attack: The Threat of Global Governance
The conflict between global governance and U.S. constitutional democracy is the subject of a new book by John Fonte, who visited Heritage last week to talk about the numerous and well-funded efforts...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Harmful U.N. Sea Treaty Stalls in Senate
A United Nations threat to U.S. sovereignty has been halted. The Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST), a pet project of Senator John Kerry (D-MA), ran aground yesterday when opposition reached critical mass. A...
View ArticleDebate Prep: America’s Role in the World
The final presidential debate, on foreign policy, is scheduled for Monday, October 22. Moderator Bob Schieffer announced that the topics will be: “America’s Role in the World,” “Our Longest...
View ArticleArctic Shield: Coast Guard Looking North
The Arctic has become a hotbed of interest in recent years. The Coast Guard has recognized this trend and is pursuing more presence in the region, but will its resources be able to keep up with rapidly...
View ArticleMorning Bell: Disabilities Treaty Just Another U.N. Power Grab
International treaties sound like a good idea, especially when they claim to protect vulnerable people. The problem is, America already does more than any other country to ensure equal rights for its...
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China Escalates Military Activity Around Japan, Senkakus
Over the past year, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has been increasingly assertive regarding its various maritime claims—both in the South China Sea with various Southeast Asian states, as well...
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Morning Bell: John Kerry, President Obama’s Ideological Twin
Senator John Kerry (D-MA) is likely to be confirmed today as the next Secretary of State after sailing through a Senate hearing last week. What does this mean for America and its foreign policy? As...
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The Truth About the Arms Trade Treaty
Photo credit: Newscom Supporters of the U.N.’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) are turning up the heat ahead of another push next month to finalize the treaty. Oxfam America is second to none in its advocacy...
View ArticleVIDEO: What You Need to Know About the Falkland Islands and Obama
When the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands, a small British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic, go to the polls this weekend to determine their future relationship with the United Kingdom,...
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China Streamlines Its Maritime Forces
Newscom As the Chinese National People’s Congress reveals various governmental restructurings (not to be mistaken for reforms), an important one is the streamlining of Chinese maritime law enforcement...
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The Arms Trade Treaty, Day Three: Turning Up the Pressure on the U.S.
Photo by Ted Bromund As the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) conference moved through its third day, the isolation of the United States became ever clearer. The U.S. position is that the current text of...
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Eurozone Crisis Creates Another Challenge for Merkel
Zick,Jochen/ZUMA Press/Newscom As opposition to the euro continues to build within the eurozone, Germany, the motor of the eurozone—frankly, the only thing holding it all together—is not immune....
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Margaret Thatcher Remembered Fondly in the Falkland Islands
Sven Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom The recent passing of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was met across the globe with an outpouring of tributes, condolences, and celebrations of...
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Keeping Judges Out of the Foreign Policy Arena
Newscom This week, the Supreme Court issued a historic decision that will help prevent U.S. courts (and activist judges) from interfering in foreign policy issues that are—and should be—the...
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Tensions Grow Between China and India
Newscom Even as tensions remain high around the disputed Senkaku islands, China appears to be asserting its sovereignty elsewhere along its periphery. Indian officials have accused China of a deep...
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Defense: Mismatch Between Strategy and Ability
picturescolourlibrary/Pictures Colour Library/Newscom In a recent article in National Review, Heritage distinguished fellow and former Senator Jim Talent (R–MO) explains that the U.S. military is...
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The Arctic Council Rejects the EU—A Boost for Sovereignty and Democracy
State Department/Sipa USA/Newscom Earlier this week the Arctic Council met in Sweden for its biannual meeting. At this time, the applications of 14 countries and organizations, including the European...
View ArticleHatch: U.S. Should Protect Sovereignty, Not Promote a U.N. Treaty
Senator Orrin Hatch (R–UT) delivered a broadside on the Senate floor last week to proponents of U.S. ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a United Nations...
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Enhanced Military Cooperation: U.S. and Philippines Should Seize the Day
DENNIS M. SABANGAN/EPA/Newscom According to press reports, the U.S. and the Philippines have floated the possibility of building joint storage facilities for U.S. humanitarian and disaster relief...
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U.N. Disabilities Treaty Unnecessary to Protect the Disabled
New Photo Service Tips Rf/ZUMA Press/Newscom The State Department marked the 23rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) this week by touting the United Nations Convention on the...
View Article4 Things John Kerry Got Wrong in a 4½-Minute Video
Secretary of State John Kerry has a new, impassioned video appeal for the U.S. Senate to consent to ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Kerry’s...
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The Last Stand: The Fight of State Attorneys General to Preserve Federalism
Walter Choroszewski Stock Connection Worldwide/Newscom On Thursday, September 12, the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation along with the State Government...
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The Latest Priorities of the U.N. Treaty Enforcers
Newscom U.N. organizations continue to promote abortion and all kinds of new definitions of “rights.” Here’s an update of what they have been pushing over the summer. Geneva hosted several of the U.N....
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Forging the Correct Foreign Policy
Newscom As the United States considered intervention in Syria recently, a number of presidents and policy experts weighed in. Not simply on whether intervention would be sound policy but on whether the...
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Isolating the Problem at the United Nations
New Photo Service Tips Rf/ZUMA Press/Newscom Look how far Progressivism has come: As he prepared to lead the United States into World War I (less than a year after being re-elected by campaigning that...
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British Control of Gibraltar Helped Defeat Nazi Germany
Gibraltar (Donovan Torres/ZUMA Press/Newscom) Seventy-one years ago this week in 1942, the Allies began the liberation of North Africa from the yoke of Italian and German fascism. Known as Operation...
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U.N. Disabilities Treaty Would Not Help Veterans; It Would Hurt What They...
St Petersburg Times/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is urging Congress to ratify the United Nations’ Disabilities Treaty, claiming it is needed for American servicemen and women. This...
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Amid Chinese Aggression, Obama Affirms U.S. Defense of Japan’s Senkaku Islands
Photo: Xinhua/Sipa USA During his trip to Japan, President Obama publicly affirmed long-standing U.S. policy that the bilateral security treaty applies to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands. China...
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