Sanctions will not persuade the Assad regime to surrender power, and talk about an embargo on luxury goods is a cruel joke.

Representatives of the European Union have recently announced plans to drop the arms embargo that was levied against the People's Republic of China in response to the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre. This development will likely provide China with advanced military technology to deploy against Taiwan and the United States, while...

There are three important US actions that could speed up Gadhafi's demise and stop the killing in Libya: recognize the newly formed national council in Benghazi as the government of Libya, provide assistance to the new Libyan authorities, and support the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya.

The U.N. resolution could end up protecting Gaddafi and guaranteeing the survival of his regime.

The absence of clear U.S. leadership on Libya has produced the current impasse, both diplomatically and militarily. Although NATO should ultimately prevail, it is wrenching that our president has caused so many of the problems we now confront.

What is the fate of the transatlantic alliance?

...There is a dangerous development taking shape in the EU's security policy toward China, one that runs counter to the advance of liberty and threatens U.S. security interests, as well as those of Japan and Taiwan. The major European countries have resumed arms sales to China at an alarming pace and plan to terminate altogether the arms embargo imposed by the EU following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. This is part of a "strategic partnership" that the EU proclaimed at its summit meeting with China last December.