Earlier this week, as he prepared to leave for Asia, President Obama called the U.S. relationship with China a "strategic partnership." This new label is 100% certain to be met with accusations of appeasement and naivete by the not-always-so-loyal opposition. The neocons didn't like the concept of "strategic...

I love Bob Gates. I always used to say that he was the best thing about the Bush Administration, but his 2010 budget practically brought tears to my eyes. Finally we have a Defense Secretary who is brave enough to stand down the critics who are already accusing him of...

Whether or not the Obama administration's $825 billion economic stimulus package succeeds in jolting us out of deep economic gloom, many of its prescriptions are critical to U.S. foreign policy. Welcome to the world of "formestic" policy where domestic programs are the answer to foreign policy.

In his inaugural address,...

In the face of countless jokes, Sarah Palin continues to maintain that Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her some inside knowledge on Moscow.

What's worse than her lack of knowledge (which I don't blame her for--she didn't know McCain would choose her) is her foreign policy instincts. All we get...