Should the U.S. government talk to terrorist groups? Freelance foreign affairs analyst Perry offers a resounding "yes." His argument, however, is based on a specious reading of recent events in Iraq, which he then extrapolates to other violent players in the Middle East.

Three attack on the U.S. homeland linked to al-Qaeda groups appear to have occurred in fewer than twelve months, yet the administration continues to lack a strategy to reduce the foundational strength of the enemy network.

President Obama's Oval Office address last week will send the message to America's enemies that America is withdrawing and refocusing on domestic issues, suggesting that their strategy to defeat America is working.

Recent examples suggest that President Obama accepts the leftist view that America's allies cause us more trouble than our enemies.

Barack Obama’s presidency has had profoundly negative consequences for our national security. From debilitating cuts in defense budgets, to gutting national missile defense efforts, to his unwillingness to acknowledge a continuing war against terrorism, to his inability to stem the nuclear proliferation threats posed by North Korea and Iran....the picture is bleak.

Gagging Grenell was a bad play for the Romney team because it guaranteed the issue wouldn't go away. The only way to dispel concerns about the man's fitness for the job was to let him do his job. Muzzling him until he resigned was the worst possible way to handle it because all it did was feed crocodiles like Fischer.

Every anticapitalist and antiglobalisation group is represented in London with myriad dangerous demands.

Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemiesis abook whose predictions and analysis willappear silly in hindsight.