A day after President Trump announced withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Wilson Center Senor Vice President and Director of International Security Studies Robert Litwak said the decision could pit Iran and the world vs. the United States. “This is the most consequential foreign policy decision taken by the Trump administration,” Litwak […]
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Trump’s Iran Decision Resets International Attitude
In the wake of President Trump’s decision to scrap U.S. participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), lawmakers in Iran’s parliament burned an image of the American flag and shouted “Death to America!” on Wednesday. Leaders in France, Germany, and the United Kingdom released a statement Tuesday vowing continued commitment to the deal, […]
CBP Drone Use Raises Privacy, Effectiveness Questions
After more than a decade of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) drone use, a May 1 CATO Institute report recommends either discontinuing the program or curbing drone use to ensure Americans’ privacy. “Drones have led to only 0.5 percent of apprehensions at a cost of $32,000 per arrest,” wrote David J. Bier and Matthew Feeney […]
Human Rights Abuses Overshadow N. Korea’s Overtures
Amid the euphoria surrounding the North/South Korea summit last week, North Korea’s human rights record must remain front and center during any negotiations or talks, says David Maxwell, a fellow at the Institute for Corean-American Studies. Speaking on The John Batchelor Show, Maxwell noted the roughly 250,000 prisoners who populate the rogue nation’s gulags and […]
Hanson: California Immigration Debate Incoherent
Victor Davis Hanson, historian and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, sat down for “The Classicist” podcast recently and explored the complexities of the ongoing illegal immigration debate. He began by relating a story of one of his best students at Cal State Fresno. The student was in the country illegally and trying desperately to […]