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Feb
2
2010
Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, Iran, Terrorism By Tom Skypek | No comments yet

How the Obama administration’s lack of credibility is weakening U.S. national security

Since January 20, 2009, American credibility has taken a back seat to the Obama administration’s quest for international popularity.  During his trips to the Middle East and Asia last year, President Obama seemed more interested in bolstering his approval ratings abroad than advancing American interests.  Last week it was reported that the Obama administration downgraded [...]

Oct
31
2009
American Foreign Policy, Iran, Nuclear Proliferation By Tom Skypek | No comments yet

Tim Marshall on Iran

Doesn’t it feel like we’ve been through this Kabuki dance before with the North Koreans? Long, drawn out negotiations that eventually fail to achieve their objective. In order to achieve a satisfactory outcome in the world of diplomacy, you need an honest bargaining partner. It turns out that North Korea was not an honest partner. [...]

Sep
19
2008
American Foreign Policy, Iran By Tom Skypek | 1 comment

United Against Nuclear Iran

Check out this new organization which was launched just this week.  Be sure to sign the petition.  A nuclear-armed Iran is not in the interest of the United States.

Aug
27
2008
American Foreign Policy, Iran By Tom Skypek | No comments yet

“Tiny”

Another reminder of just how problematic an Obama presidency would be.

Aug
25
2008
American Foreign Policy, Iran, The American Presidency By Tom Skypek | 1 comment

Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy “Experience”

Experience isn’t always a good thing, especially if your “experience” consists mostly of a string of poor decisions and misjudgments. As Amir Taheri notes in today’s New York Post, Sen. Joe Biden’s foreign policy experience is not something he should be bragging about. In fact, Sen. Biden has been wrong on almost every [...]

Aug
9
2008
Iran, Russia, Terrorism By Reggie Gibbs | 2 comments

The Politico-Military Objectives of the Georgian and Russian Leadership

I wrote to some of you yesterday about what I thought the objectives were for both sides of this conflict. I still think these hold pretty much true. Just to rehash:
Russia: Toss the Georgians out of South Ossetia, and embarrass them enough so that they (the Russians) maintain de facto control over South Ossetia, while [...]

Jul
11
2008
Iran, Nuclear Proliferation By Tom Skypek | 4 comments

The Iran Problem

Dealing with Iran will be a major foreign policy challenge for the next administration.  And as Sen. Clinton stated repeatedly throughout the Democratic primary, the United States needs a president who can lead on day one.  Iran’s latest series of missile tests only reaffirms the need for the United States to emplace missile interceptors in [...]