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August 10, 2020

Human Rights
U.S. Effort to ‘Nationalize’ Human Rights Undermines Them at Home and Abroad

The draft report of the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights provides a gift to despotic regimes and reveals the Trump administration’s hypocritical human rights policy.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sits on stage in front of a large State Department logo before giving remarks on the draft report of the U.S. Commission on Unalienable Rights.

January 9, 2023

Elections and Voting
The 118th Congress by the Numbers

A new Congress brings new faces to Washington, DC.

Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries passes the gavel to Kevin McCarthy after McCarthy was elected Speaker of the House on January 7, 2023.

June 10, 2016

Elections and Voting
Campaign 2016 Friday Foreign Policy Roundup: The American Public’s Mixed Mood

And then there were two. Nearly fifteen months after the first candidate officially declared for the presidency, we finally have our two presumptive nominees. As Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump make…

Capitol-w-American-Flags

October 24, 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa
Is the West Helping Kenya on Somalia?

The New York Times quotes a Kenyan military spokesman as saying “one of the partners” supported the recent Kenyan air strikes that killed some al-Shabaab militants in Somalia. In the aftermath of Lib…

January 8, 2003

United States
Brazil is the Fulcrum: Independent Task Force Urges President Bush Quickly Recast U.S. Policy Towards Brazil

February 12, 2001 - With growing fears regarding the international economy, with Colombia on the edge of further chaos, and with the Summit of the Americas approaching in April and trade disputes bet…