Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recently urged the international community to build the foundations for peace in Somalia by supporting U.N. political efforts and deploying a new multinational force. Endorsing an integrated approach capable of addressing the political, humanitarian, developmental, and security concerns, the Secretary-General acknowledged the need to create an environment in which ...

In response to John Cooley's recent Opinion piece on why Olympic boycotts are a bad idea: The piece makes a strong case as to why past boycotts have failed. While good people can disagree as to the strategic value of such an effort, what is clear is that the people of Darfur need action now – they cannot wait until the summer. There is no excuse for delaying United States action on Darfur u...

As Senator McCain begins to reintroduce himself to the American public via biographical advertisements and his recent tour of military landmarks connected to his life, serious questions remain unasked pertaining to his suitability for the position of Commander-in-Chief. Does this war hero have the knowledge, analytical skills and judgment to be President at this time in our nation´s history? To...

When George W. Bush first campaigned for the presidency, his foreign policy plans hinged on building a stronger economic and political relationship with Latin America, especially Mexico, and reducing U.S. involvement in small-scale military engagements in general, and “nation building” in particular. When he took office 2001, he inherited a nation at peace, with a record budget surplus. Wh...

On Friday, the Clinton campaign, via a group of Congressional surrogates, called for the immediate dismissal of Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power for an inappropriate comment she made to the Scotsman newspaper. As has been widely reported, she called Senator Clinton a “monster” for attacking Senator Obama in an aggressive manner. Since then, in order to insulate a candidate she ...

Late on Presidents Day I received a call confirming the beginning of the end of the Musharraf era in Pakistan. A close Pakistani friend wanted to let me know that the people of his country had clearly rejected the Bush administration’s favorite general in favor of a democratic alternative, simultaneously marking the beginning of the restoration of democracy in Pakistan and leaving U.S.-Pakistan...

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is once again considering the international treaty known as the Law of the Sea Convention, and the stakes are high. Winning the ratification battle would begin to breach the walls of "Fortress America" -- that fear-driven construct that deprives the United States of the benefits of international law and institutions, while falsely claiming that our...

The UN law of the Sea is supported by everyone from environmentalists to George Bush - just not fulminating unilateralists in the Senate Conservative senators and critics of the United Nations are attempting once again to stop the US joining an international treaty on access to the world's waters, despite support for it from the military and George Bush. The UN's Convention of the Law...

Ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea would be an easy win for Democrats, and a first step in re-engaging the United States in international diplomacy. Never heard of it? You're not alone. This fall, legislators have one solid shot at simultaneously pleasing George W. Bush, angering Michelle Malkin and Pat Buchanan, appeasing both oil company executives and enviro...

Treaty could help U.S. In his Commentary column "The U.N.'s big power grab" (yesterday), Frank Gaffney Jr. noted that my organization, Citizens for Global Solutions (CGS), supports ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or UNCLOS). The column raised some concerns about UNCLOS that seem misplaced. CGS strongly believes that the UN...